The Trial (1993)
- Directed by
- David Hugh Jones
- Genre
- drama film, trial film, dystopian film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 15+
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is arrested and prosecuted by a remote, incomprehensible legal system for a crime that is never explained to him. He struggles to navigate absurd court procedures while his ordinary life falls apart around him.
bureaucraticsurrealoppressivedreamlikeslow-burnconfusingcoldanxious
What happens
The Trial is a 1993 film made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) based on Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Franz Kafka's 1925 novel The Trial. Directed by David Jones and produced by Jan Balzer and Louis Marks, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan and has cameo appearances by several prominent British actors including Anthony Hopkins, Juliet Stevenson, Alfred Molina, David Thewlis, and Michael Kitchen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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