Just days after its upcoming screening at the Cannes Film Festival was announced, it was revealed the restored version of Orson Welles’ The Trial will be coming to 4K UHD in the fall.
The film will receive its home entertainment release on UHD, Blu-ray and DVD via StudioCanal in Great Britain, France, and Germany in September, according to StudioCanal. A release date for the United States market was not announced.
A theatrical release is also planned in France via Potemkine in September, as well as in the U.S. by Rialto Pictures later this year.
A new artwork and trailer are being developed to promote the release.
There will also be new bonus features included on the StudioCanal home entertainment editions.
The Trial was restored by StudioCanal and la Cinémathèque française. The image and sound restorations were carried out in 4K at the L’image Retrouvée laboratory from the original 35mm negative. The project was supervised by StudioCanal’s Sophie Boyer, responsible for library restoration at StudioCanal, and Jean-Pierre Boiget, EVP distribution Services & IT at StudioCanal.
Based on the Franz Kafka novel of the same name, it stars Anthony Perkins as Josef K., a bureaucrat who is accused of a never-specified crime. In addition to directing, Welles wrote the screenplay and co-starred in the movie.
Producer Alexander Salkind secured backing of French, German and Italian investors.
Welles began the production in Yugoslavia with scenes also shot in Rome, Milan and, most notably, the Gare d’Orsay, an abandoned Parisian railway station.
Upon its release in December 1962, Welles boasted “The Trial is the best film I have ever made.”
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