The Trial

The Trial

Movie |

Interrogation | Legal System

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  • Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Orson Welles, Marc Maurette, Paul Seban, Sophie Becker
  • Cast(s): Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 58min
  • Music: Guy Villette,Jacques Lebreton,Jean Ledrut,Julien Coutelier,Urbain Loiseau
  • Award(s): Critics 1964 (Won)
    Golden Lion 1962 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Enola Holmes 3, Revelations
  • Story:
    An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
    Full Story
7.6/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Ratings

7.6/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Critics Award

Best Film | 1964 | Orson

FIPRESCI Prize Award

Best Film | 1963 | Orson

Nominations
Golden Lion Award

Best Film | 1962 | Orson

Top 10 Film Award

Best Film | 1962 | Orson

BOX OFFICE

Budget 1,300,000 USD

Box Office Collection 94,243 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

In May '62, while filming, Jeanne Moreau suffered a slight nervous breakdown due to the stifling atmosphere of the film.

It has been reported that Orson Welles dubbed 11 voices in the movie.

Orson Welles reportedly dubbed a few lines of Anthony Perkins dialog. Perkins later said he could never figure out which lines they were.

"The Trial" is based on the Franz Kafka novel of the same name. Orson Welles also includes a shorter Kafka parable, "Before the Law," in the pin-screen opening to the movie.

When the film came out, Orson Welles called this his best movie. Later, he picked "Chimes at Midnight (1965)."

Popular Dialogues

"[first lines] Narrator: Before the law, there stands a guard. A man comes from the country, begging admittance to the law. But the guard cannot admit him. May he hope to enter at a later time? That is possible, said the guard. The man tries to peer through the entrance. He'd been taught that the law was to be accessible to every man. "Do not attempt to enter without my permission", says the guard. I am very powerful. Yet I am the least of all the guards. From hall to hall, door after door, each guard is more powerful than the last. By the guard's permission, the man sits by the side of the door, and there he waits. For years, he waits. Everything he has, he gives away in the hope of bribing the guard, who never fails to say to him "I take what you give me only so that you will not feel that you left something undone." Keeping his watch during the long years, the man has come to know even the fleas on the guard's fur collar. Growing childish in old age, he begs the fleas to persuade the guard to change his mind and allow him to enter. His sight has dimmed, but in the darkness he perceives a radiance streaming immortally from the door of the law. And now, before he dies, all he's experienced condenses into one question, a question he's never asked. He beckons the guard. Says the guard, "You are insatiable! What is it now?" Says the man, "Every man strives to attain the law. How is it then that in all these years, no one else has ever come here, seeking admittance?" His hearing has failed, so the guard yells into his ear. "Nobody else but you could ever have obtained admittance. No one else could enter this door! This door was intended only for you! And now, I'm going to close it." This tale is told during the story called "The Trial". It's been said that the logic of this story is the logic of a dream... a nightmare."

"Hastler: To be in chains is sometimes safer than to be free."