Post-release History
In 1981, Welles planned to create a documentary on the making of The Trial. Cinematographer Gary Graver was hired to film Welles addressing a University of Southern California audience on the film’s history. The footage was shot with a 16mm camera on color reversal stock, but Welles never completed the proposed documentary. The film is now in the possession of Germany’s Filmmuseum Munich, and has since been restored.
No copyright was ever filed on The Trial, which resulted in the film being a public domain title (however, it is not downloadable at sites such as The Internet Archive due to its disputed status by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). For many years, it has been available in cheaply made home video of inferior quality. In 2000, a restored version based on the long-lost original 35mm negative was released on DVD by Milestone Film & Video. A remastered high definition version was released on Blu-ray by Studio Canal in 2012.
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