The Trial (1962)

Max Buchsbaum: Examining Magistrate

Quotes 

• Examining Magistrate : You are a housepainter?

  Joseph K. : No.

  [addressing the crowd after their uproar in laughter] 

  Joseph K. : The question from the Examining Magistrate about my being a housepainter seems typical of this so-called Trial that's being foisted upon me. Why, the very notebook of the Examining Magistrate confirms what I say! These - are the Examining Magistrate's records! What's happening to me is of no great importance, but I think it is representative of what is happening to a great many other people, as well. And it is for these others that I take my stand here, not for myself alone.