The Trial

The Trial

The Most Remarkable Motion Picture Ever Made!

Directed by Orson Welles

Produced by Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions

1962119 min7.4 / 10

A nightmarish, philosophically dense adaptation of Kafka's novel that traps the viewer in an incomprehensible bureaucratic labyrinth where guilt is predetermined and meaning dissolves.

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

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Questions people ask

  • Does The Trial end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is The Trial one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 97% of films.

  • Is The Trial scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is The Trial easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is The Trial sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Trial violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

89/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love85

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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