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The Trial
1962
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #952
- IMDb #956
- Rotten Tomatoes #1064
- Letterboxd #500
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1691
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #941
Every rating
71–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A bewildered bank clerk is abruptly arrested by anonymous agents for a crime that is never explained to him. He is forced to navigate a labyrinthine and irrational legal system, attempting to prove his innocence against an invisible accuser and an inaccessible authority. His futile struggle against the absurd and oppressive bureaucracy gradually consumes his entire life and sanity.
Details
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Writer
- Orson Welles
- Based on
- The Trial by Franz Kafka
- Released
- 25 August 1962
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $94.2K
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Cast
Full cast (23) →
Awards
2 wins & 2 nominations total
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