Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
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Movie1962·119 min
The Trial
Directed by Orson Welles
A crime drama film directed by Orson Welles.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 17%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.4/10
565 ratings
About The Trial
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Mind-bending (9 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Bleak (1 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Stylized
- Story Tags
- social injustice, isolation loneliness, fate destiny, mid century, legal, workplace, urban, strangers forced together, everyman, dream surreal, trial courtroom, conspiracy, corruption, dystopia