# The Trial (1962)

> A respectable clerk is swallowed by a surreal legal machine that condemns him without ever naming his crime.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1971

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director: Orson Welles
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, Suzanne Flon, Madeleine Robinson
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057427/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: surreal, oppressive, paranoid, serious movie night, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A man finds himself ensnared in a bewildering legal nightmare with no clear charges against him.

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- [The Third Man (1949)](https://ember.film/movie/845)
- [Anatomy of a Murder (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/64)

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