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The Trial (TEFC)

France, Germany (West) and Italy, 1963
film

Welles neglected masterpiece is a stunning adaptation of Franz Kafka’s existential novel about a man who is caught in an increasingly bizarre and sinist..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Trials of Franz Kafka

United States, 1973
Similarity: 77%

Judgment at Nuremberg

United States, 1961
Similarity: 72%

Crime and punishment

United States, 1935
Similarity: 69%

The Immortal story

France, 1968
Similarity: 69%

Anatomy of a murder

United States, 1959
Similarity: 69%

The Experiment = Das Experiment

Germany, 2000
Similarity: 69%

Murder

United Kingdom, 1930
Similarity: 69%

Beyond a reasonable doubt

United States, 1956
Similarity: 69%

Citizen Kane (TEFC)

United States, 1941
Similarity: 69%

Compulsion

United States, 1959
Similarity: 68%

The Stranger

United States, 1946
Similarity: 68%

Foreign correspondent

United States, 1940
Similarity: 68%

'M' (TEFC)

Germany, 1931
Similarity: 68%

I confess

United States, 1953
Similarity: 68%

Witness for the prosecution

United States, 1957
Similarity: 68%

'M' [DVD]

Germany, 1931
Similarity: 68%

F for fake = Verites et mensonges

France, 1973
Similarity: 68%

Bubu Films

Australia, 1967
Similarity: 67%
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