The Trial

Welles’s not-always-faithful adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel stars Anthony Perkins as Josef K, a bureaucrat charged with a never-specified crime. Welles made a number of changes to Kafka’s work (including the ending) and upon completion considered the film his best, as it was his first since Citizen Kane to be released as he intended. Also starring Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, and Welles, and featuring pinscreen animation sequences by Alexandre Alexeieff. (118 mins., DCP)