The Trial
The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!
Budget
$1 300 000
Box office
$94 243
Director
Actors
Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Madeleine Robinson, Max Haufler, Max Buchsbaum
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Alexander Salkind, Michael Salkind
Camera operator
Edmond Richard
Composer
Artist
Jean Mandaroux, Alexandre Alexeieff
Audition
Editing
Short description
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene in K.'s office was filmed at the Gare d'Orsay railway station.
- Orson Welles dubbed 11 voices in the film. He even dubbed some moments in Anthony Perkins' speech, which the latter was unable to detect.
- Welles wanted Jackie Gleason to play the lawyer. He himself intended to play the role of a priest telling a parable.
- The film is based on Franz Kafka's novel 'The Trial' (Der Prozess, 1925), published posthumously.
- Orson Welles called 'The Trial' his best film.
- Alexander Alexeev and Claire Parker created the prologue and epilogue to the film using the 'needle screen' technique.
- The film is based on Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial" (Der Prozess, 1925), which was published posthumously.
- Orson Welles dubbed eleven voices in the film. He even dubbed some of Anthony Perkins' lines, and Perkins was unable to detect where those parts were.
- Orson Welles called "The Trial" his best film.
- Wells wanted Jackie Gleason to play the lawyer. He intended to play the role of the priest telling the parable himself.
- Aleksandr Alekseev and Claire Parker created the film's prologue and epilogue using the "pinscreen" method.
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