The Trial (1993 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Trial


caption = Anthony Hopkins seen on the DVD Cover of "The Trial"
director = David Jones
producer = Louis Marks
Jan Balzer
writer = Franz Kafka (novel)
Harold Pinter (screenplay)
starring = Kyle MacLachlan
Anthony Hopkins
Jason Robards
Juliet Stevenson
Alfred Molina
David Thewlis
Michael Kitchen

music = Carl Davis
cinematography = Phil Meheux
editing = John Stothart
distributor = Angelika Films
released = 24 November 1993
runtime = 120 min.
country = UK
awards =
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 108388

"The Trial" is a 1993 film made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) based on Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial". Directed by David Jones and produced by Jan Balzer and Louis Marks, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan and has cameo appearances by several prominent British actors, including Anthony Hopkins, Juliet Stevenson, Alfred Molina, David Thewlis, and Michael Kitchen. The film was shot in Prague.

Cast

* Kyle MacLachlan as Josef K.
* Anthony Hopkins as Priest
* Jason Robards as Doctor Huld
* Juliet Stevenson as Fräulein Burstner
* Polly Walker as Leni
* Alfred Molina as Titorelli
* David Thewlis as Franz
* Michael Kitchen as Block
* Tony Haygarth as Willem
* Douglas Hodge as Inspector
* Jirí Schwarz as Babensteiner
* David Schneider as Kullich
* Ondřej Vetchý as Kaminer
* Valérie Kaplanová as Old woman
* Jirí Ded as Old man
* Jirí Vavricek as Read beard
* Paul Brooke as Deputy bank manager
* Harry Burton as K's assistant
* Roger Lloyd-Pack as Stairman
* Oskar Hák as Verger
* Leon Lissek as Stairman
* Catherine Neilson as Washer woman
* Trevor Peacock as Examining magistrate
* Václav Jakoubek as Small boy
* Patrick Godfrey as Court usher
* Andrew Tiernan as Berthold
* Jirí Schmitzer as Thin defendant
* Don Henderson as Flogger
* Martin Faltyn as Clerk
* Robert Lang as K's uncle
* Jan Laibl as Chief clerk
* Linda Rybová as Titorelli's girl (credited as Lynda Rybova)
* Sabina Remundova as Titorelli's girl
* Lucie Bartonova as Titorelli's girl
* Klára Jandová as Titorelli's girl
* Nicolle Gavlasova as Titorelli's girl
* Julie Herrerova as Titorelli's girl
* John Woodvine as Herr Deimen
* Reniero Compostella as Signor Rossi
* Lena Birková as Bookstall woman
* Karel Augusta as Executioner
* Petr Drozda as Executioner
* Vladimir Tausinger as Policeman
* Petr Skarke as Man in the window
* Jean Stapleton as Landlady (uncredited)

See also

* "The Trial", 1962 film directed by Orson Welles.

External links

*imdb title|id=0108388|title=The Trial (1993)