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Certificate PG

Cast Anthony Perkins Arnoldo Foa Jess Hagn Billy Kearns Madeleine Robinson Jeanne Moreau

Directors Orson Welles

Screenwriters Orson Welles

Running Time 118 minutes

The Trial (Le Proces)
Anthony Perkins is Joseph K in Orson Welles compelling version of Kafka's novel.

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Plot
Clerk Joseph K is arrested by policemen who don’t specify the charge against him. He tries to negotiate his way through an incomprehensible, threatening legal system … but is doomed.


Reviewed by Kim Newman

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