The trial
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film director,
Salkind, Alexander, 1922-1997, presenter,
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992, actor.
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, actor.
Martinelli, Elsa, 1935-2017, actor.
Salkind, Alexander, 1922-1997, presenter,
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992, actor.
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, actor.
Martinelli, Elsa, 1935-2017, actor.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2023].
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
ISBN
9798886070606
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Adult Blu-ray - Public Shelving
BLU-RAY Feature TRIAL
1 available
BLU-RAY Feature TRIAL
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Blu-ray - Public Shelving | BLU-RAY Feature TRIAL | On Shelf |
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Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2023].
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9798886070606
UPC
715515287012, 00715515287012
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Franz Kafka.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
General Note
Wide screen (1.66:1)
General Note
Special features: New audio commentary featuring film historian Joseph McBride; Filming "The trial," a 1981 documentary about the film's production; Archival interviews with director Orson Welles, actor Jeanne Moreau, and director of photography Edmond Richard; Trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Edmond Richard ; editor, Fritz H. Mueller ; music, Jean Ledrut, Tomaso Albinoni.
Participants/Performers
Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Madeleine Robinson, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Max Buchsbaum, Arnoldo Foà, Jess Hahn, Thomas Holtzmann, Fernand Ledoux, Wolfgang Reichmann, Akim Tamiroff, Maurice Teynac.
Description
A feverishly inspired take on Franz Kafka's novel, Orson Welles's film casts Anthony Perkins as the bewildered office drone Josef K., whose arrest for an unspecified crime plunges him into a menacing bureaucratic labyrinth of guilt, corruption, and paranoia. Exiled from Hollywood and creatively unchained, Welles poured his ire at the studio system, McCarthyism, and all forms of totalitarian oppression into this cinematic statement, one of his boldest and most personal, and the film that he himself considered his greatest. Dizzying camera angles, expressionistic lighting, increasingly surreal locations; Welles unleashed the full force of his visual brilliance to convey the nightmarish disorientation of a world gone mad.
System Details
Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.66:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
Language
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Welles, O., Salkind, A., Perkins, A., Moreau, J., Martinelli, E., Flon, S., Robinson, M., Schneider, R., Buchsbaum, M., Foà, A., Hahn, J., Holtzmann, T., Ledoux, F., Reichmann, W., Tamiroff, A., Teynac, M., & Kafka, F. (2023). The trial (Blu-ray special edition.). Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. 2023. The Trial. Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. The Trial Criterion Collection, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Welles, Orson, et al. The Trial Blu-ray special edition., Criterion Collection, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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