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The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.
Language
Budget$1,300,000
Revenue $94,243
English
Budget$1,300,000
Revenue $94,243
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
surreal humor
surrealistic
enigma
social absurdity
ambiguous
human & society
Casts

Anthony Perkins
Josef K.

Jeanne Moreau
Marika Burstner

Romy Schneider
Leni

Orson Welles
Albert Hastler

Akim Tamiroff
Bloch

Elsa Martinelli
Hilda

Suzanne Flon
Miss Pittl

Madeleine Robinson
Mrs. Grubach
Max Haufler
Uncle Max
Max Buchsbaum
Examining Magistrate

Arnoldo Foà
Inspector A

Jess Hahn
Assistant Inspector #2

Billy Kearns
Assistant Inspector #1

Maurice Teynac
Deputy Manager
Naydra Shore
Irmie

Raoul Delfosse
Policeman

Jean-Claude Rémoleux
Policeman

Carl Studer
Man In Leather

Fernand Ledoux
Chief Clerk of the Law Court

Thomas Holtzmann
Bert the Law Student

Wolfgang Reichmann
Courtroom Guard
William Chappell
Titorelli

Michael Lonsdale
Priest

Peter Sallis
Uncle Max (uncredited)
Crews

Orson Welles
Director
Jean Ledrut
Original Music Composer

Alexander Salkind
Producer

Edmond Richard
Director of Photography

Orson Welles
Screenplay
Yvonne Martin
Editor

Franz Kafka
Novel
Jean Mandaroux
Production Design

Alexandre Alexeieff
Animation
Guy Maillet
Boom Operator

Guy Villette
Sound
Pierre Cholot
Adaptation
Michael Salkind
Producer
Jacques Lebreton
Sound Mixer
Louis Dor
Makeup Artist
Robert Florat
Production Manager
Frederick Muller
Editor
Urbain Loiseau
Sound Assistant
Julien Coutelier
Sound
Jacques Pignier
Unit Manager
Max Dulac
Assistant Camera
Helen Thibault
Costume Design
Guy Maugin
Location Manager
Sophie Becker
Assistant Director
Denise Baby
Special Effects
Marc Maurette
Assistant Director
Philippe Dubail
Assistant Unit Manager
Roger Corbeau
Still Photographer

Roberto Perpignani
Assistant Editor
Gérard Pollicand
Associate Editor

Robert Fraisse
Second Assistant Camera
Paul Laffargue
Production Director
Paul Seban
Assistant Director
Emile Blondé
Assistant Unit Manager
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator

Orson Welles
Editor
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