The Trial (1962)
08/25/1962 (FR) • 1h 59m
The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!
Overview
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Top Billed Cast
Josef K.
Marika Burstner
Leni
Albert Hastler
Bloch
Hilda
Miss Pittl
Mrs. Grubach
Uncle Max
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,300,000.00
Revenue
$94,243.00
Keywords
bureaucracy
based on novel or book
court
society
sexuality
paranoia
dystopia
fascism
surreal
surrealism
trial
confusion
judgment
hegemony
church
interrogation
courtroom
oppression
uncle nephew relationship
oneiric
discrimination
guilty conscience
power relations
hierarchy
painter as artist
accusation
legal system
judicial system
anxious
office worker
franz kafka
law
ambiguity
surrealistic
enigma
social absurdity
ambiguous
human & society
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