Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
The story
Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.
- bureaucracy
- based on novel or book
- court
- society
- sexuality
- paranoia
- dystopia
- fascism
- surreal
- surrealism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jeanne Moreau — Marika Burstner
- Elsa Martinelli — Hilda
- Suzanne Flon — Miss Pittl
- Madeleine Robinson — Mrs. Grubach
- Max Haufler — Uncle Max
- Max Buchsbaum — Examining Magistrate
- Arnoldo Foà — Inspector A
- Jess Hahn — Assistant Inspector #2
- Billy Kearns — Assistant Inspector #1
- Maurice Teynac — Deputy Manager
- Naydra Shore — Irmie
- Directed
- Orson Welles
- Written
- Orson Welles
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 566 ratings
- Studio
- Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions, Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
