The Trial

Josef K.

Marika Burstner

Miss Pittl

Mrs. Grubach

Leni

Examining Magistrate

Inspector A

Second Assistant Inspector

Uncle Max

Bert the Law Student

Chief Clerk of the Law Court

Court archivist

Courtroom Guard

Bloch

Deputy Manager

Policeman

Priest

Irmie

Man in Leather (as Karl Studer)

L'avocat

Titorelli

K's colleague

First Assistant Inspector (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Orson Welles called this his best film.

The "pin-screen," also called the "pin-board," used in the opening and closing sequences was invented by Alexander Alexeieff in the early 1930's. It is a board with pins stuck in it at regular intervals. The pins can be raised or lowered to form an image, which can then be lit and photographed. By manipulating the pins and photographing them one frame at a time, the device can be used for animation, and though it was not so used in "The Trial" Alexeieff and Claire Parker made at least two short animated films using the pin-screen, _nuit sur le mont chauve, Une (1933)_ and Le nez (1963).

Orson Welles reportedly dubbed a few lines of 'Anthony Perkins'' dialog. Perkins later said he could never figure out which lines they were.

When Josef K. follows Hilda being carried out of the large trial room/hall by the law student, he hastily grabs and throws on his suit jacket. In the succeeding scenes, the jacket's buttons which are buttoned changes.

Bloch: You're supposed to be able to tell from a man's face and from the line of his lips, especially, how his case is going to turn out.

Uncle Max: You're not going to try and tell me you think you can diddle your way out of a criminal charge with an adding machine!

Joseph K.: I'm sorry.