Buy Physical Copy At:
Licensor Information
Studio Canal
Directed by: Orson Welles
Featuring: 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, Max Haufler, Michel Lonsdale, Paola Mori
A feverishly inspired take on Franz Kafka’s novel, Orson Welles’s The Trial 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.
Streaming Options
29202.
+24684
Stream
Rent
Buy
Free
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
None
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Documentary, Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert, Television Program
- New audio commentary featuring film historian Joseph McBride
- Filming "The Trial", a 1981 documentary about the film’s production
- 1972 Episode of the French television program Vive le cinéma featuring a conversation between Jeanne Moreau and Orson Welles
- Archival interview with director of photography Edmond Richard
- Trailer
- An essay by author Jonathan Lethem
Forum Member Statistics
Sign-in with your forum account to rate this release
Film
Picture
Audio
Supplements
Artwork
Restoration Information
The Trial
Restoration by:
StudioCanal
Year: 2021
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
The Trial is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. Undertaken by STUDIOCANAL and the Cinematheque francaise, this 4K restoration was created from the 35 mm original camera and soundtrack negatives at L'Image Retrouvee in Paris. Mastering supervisors: Sophie Boyer, Jean-Pierre Boiget/STUDIOCANAL, Disc mastering: NexSpec.