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About
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
Theatrical
Feb 20, 1963
Box Office
$94K
Budget
$1.3M
Return
0.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 19, 2023
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions, Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)
Original Title
Le Procès
Keywords
bureaucracy
sexuality
based on novel or book
fascism
paranoia
surreal
society
dystopia
court
surrealism
hegemony
confusion
trial
judgment
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
surrealistic
enigma
social absurdity
ambiguous
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Quotes
See all →Accountability and Identity in Society
Josef K.
I don't pretend to be a martyr, no.
Hastler
Not even a victim of society?
Josef K.
I am a member of society.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Complexity of Judicial Outcomes
Titorelli
You see, in definite acquittal, all the documents are annulled. But with ostensible acquittal, your whole dossier continues to circulate. Up to the higher courts, down to the lower ones, up again, down. These oscillations and peregrinations, you just can't figure em.
Josef K.
No use in trying either, I suppose.
Titorelli
Not a hope. Why, I've known cases of an acquitted man coming home from the court and finding the cops waiting there to arrest him all over again. But then, of course, theoretically it's always possible to get another ostensible acquittal.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →A
Anthony Perkins
Josef K.
R
Romy Schneider
Leni
O
Orson Welles
Albert Hastler
A
Akim Tamiroff
Bloch
J
Jeanne Moreau
Marika Burstner
E
Elsa Martinelli
Hilda
S
Suzanne Flon
Miss Pittl
M
Madeleine Robinson
Mrs. Grubach
M
Max Haufler
Uncle Max
M
Max Buchsbaum
Examining Magistrate
A
Arnoldo Foà
Inspector A
J
Jess Hahn
Assistant Inspector #2
B
Billy Kearns
Assistant Inspector #1
M
Maurice Teynac
Deputy Manager
R
Raoul Delfosse
Policeman
J
Jean-Claude Rémoleux
Policeman
C
Carl Studer
Man In Leather
F
Fernand Ledoux
Chief Clerk of the Law Court
T
Thomas Holtzmann
Bert the Law Student
W
Wolfgang Reichmann
Courtroom Guard
