The Trial (1993 film)

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The Trial
Directed by	David Jones
Produced by	Louis Marks Jan Balzer
Written by	Franz Kafka (novel) Harold Pinter (screenplay)
Starring	Kyle MacLachlan Anthony Hopkins Jason Robards Juliet Stevenson Alfred Molina David Thewlis Michael Kitchen
Music by	Carl Davis
Cinematography	Phil Meheux
Editing by	John Stothart
Distributed by	Angelika Films
Release date(s)	24 November 1993
Running time	120 min.
Country	UK
Language	English
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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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• The Trial, 1962 film directed by Orson Welles.

[edit] External links

• The Trial (1993) at the Internet Movie Database

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