Directed by:
Orson WellesScreenplay:
Orson WellesCinematography:
Edmond RichardCast:
Anthony Perkins, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Jess Hahn, Fernand Ledoux, Akim Tamiroff, Michael Lonsdale, Maurice Teynac (more)Plots(1)
Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K., a seemingly innocent young man who is arrested one morning for an unexplained crime by men who refuse to identify themselves. K., asserting his innocence, sets off on a bizarre series of confrontations with shady government agents, overwhelming faceless courtrooms, and pompous advocates who talk in riddles. His nightmare continues through narrow, dark passageways and colorless rooms where he witnesses various forms of torture and interrogation; some of what he comes upon has echoes of the Nazis and the Holocaust. And nearly everywhere he goes he stumbles over wads of paperwork. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Anthony Perkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267513_b2074f.jpg)
Anthony Perkins
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
![Elsa Martinelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279617_54cde8.jpg)
Elsa Martinelli
Italy
Best movies:
The Red and the Black (1954)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Trial (1962)
![Suzanne Flon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448882_f575b1.jpg)
Suzanne Flon
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Train (1964)
![Romy Schneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087086_191dd6.jpg)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
![Jeanne Moreau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936215_332374.jpg)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
![Jess Hahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186505_54cb10.jpg)
Jess Hahn
USA
Best movies:
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
![Fernand Ledoux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473515_cb9107.jpg)
Fernand Ledoux
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
To Each His Hell (1977)
![Akim Tamiroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272389_d5fa40.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
![Michael Lonsdale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363245_51fe71.png)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
![Maurice Teynac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247461_eebb6a.jpg)
Maurice Teynac
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
![Madeleine Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/931/162931188_8fa4b5.png)
Madeleine Robinson
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Father's Trip (1966)
Camille Claudel (1988)
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Katina Paxinou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349831_867760.png)
Katina Paxinou
Greece
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Trial (1962)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Guy Grosso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467437_80ffa7.jpg)
Guy Grosso
France
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Exchange Student (1967)
![Raoul Delfosse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/510/510259_459be6.jpg)
Raoul Delfosse
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
The Brain (1969)
![Arnoldo Foà](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002552_b5e0e1.jpg)
Arnoldo Foà
Italy
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
![Billy Kearns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059617_7bc32c.jpg)
Billy Kearns
USA
Best movies:
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Witness in the City (1959)
![Jean-Claude Rémoleux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871912_30d8f2.jpg)
Jean-Claude Rémoleux
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Common Man (1975)
My Uncle (1958)
![Paola Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126034_107218.jpg)
Paola Mori
Italy
Best movies:
The Trial (1962)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Max Haufler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/592/159592696_92b207.jpg)
Max Haufler
Switzerland
Best movies:
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Freud (1962)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)