movie poster for THE TRIAL (WELLES)

Flicks ID

1097

Cert

15

Running time

110 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE TRIAL (WELLES) (1962)

ORSON WELLES

Plot

The nightmare begins when Joseph K awakes to realise that a police inspector is at the foot of his bed. So it begins, but where will it end? A superb allegory for the life of modern Man, as K tries desperately to justify his existence to an uncaring judiciary. From the novel by Kafka by way of that well known late sherry merchant, Orson Welles. "Like a dog..."