The Trial / Le proces
France, Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia , 1962

Directed by: Orson Welles
Script: Franz Kafka, Orson Welles
Producer: Alexander Salkind
Production company: Paris-Europa Productions, Hisa-Film, Fl. C. It
Cinematography: Edmond Richard
Editing: Yvonne Martin, Frederick Muller, Orson Welles
Music: Jean Ledrut
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Elsa Martinelli, Orson Welles

Format: c/b, boja, b/w, color, video
Running time: 118'

Synopsis
Based on novel by Franz Kafka, The Trial is a paranoid masterpiece directed by Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil). Josef K (Anthony Perkins, Psycho) is arrested, but has no idea what crime he is accused of. In order to find out what offence he is meant to have committed, and to protest his innocence, Josef K must go through the machinations of the judicial system, but he soon finds himself trapped in a dehumanised nightmare.

Awards
1964, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Critics Award Best Film

Directors Biography
George Orson Welles, born 1915, died 1985, was an Academy Award-winning director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television. Welles first gained wide notoriety for his October 30, 1938, radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. In 1941, he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Citizen Kane. Othello won the 1952 Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the Cannes Film Festival and Touch of Evil won the top prize at the Brussels World Fair, while Welles himself considered The Trial and Chimes at Midnight to be the best of his efforts.

Location and screening schedule: BUG cinema &TD, Thursday, October 23rd at 18.00