The trial

Original release title in France: Le procès.; Original release title in Germany: Der prozess.; Original release title in Italy: Il processo.; Based on Franz Kafa's novel Der Prozess (Berlin, 1925).; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Director of photography, Edmond Richard; art direction, Jean Mandaroux; film editor, Yvonne Martin; music composition and arrangement, Jena Ledrut.; Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Madeleine Robinson, Arnoldo Foà, Fernand Ledoux, Michel Lonsdale, Max Buchsbaum, Max Haufler, Maurice Teynac, Wolfgang Reichmann, Billy Kearns, Jess Hahn, Maydra Shore, Carl Studer, Jean-Claude Remoleux, Raoul Delfosse, Titorelli.; PFA 1616-01-7673. D0007; PFA 1616-01-7672. D0007; PFA 1616-108-8622. D0108; PFA 1616-108-8622. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 3 reels of 3 (118 min.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print.

Josef K. (Anthony Perkins) is sleeping in his bedroom, in an apartment he shares with other lodgers. He is awakened when a man in a suit opens his bedroom door. Several detectives enter and tell Josef he is under open arrest. The police refuse to inform Josef of his misdeeds or if he is even being charged with a crime. Josef learns from a priest that he has been condemned to death.