Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

1988

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Overview

BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten films of "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)".

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9 members

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Tim Roth

Franz Kafka / Josef K

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David Barrass

Warder

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Michael Bryant

Advocate

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Tatyana Colombo

Leni

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Kit Jackson

Clerk

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Matthew Marsh

Warder

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Bill Paterson

Titorelli

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Barrie Rutter

Inspector

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John Bennett

Chaplain / Father

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