The Trial v The Prisoner

[apricot2]

Does anybody else see the parallel between The Trial (Kafka) and the TV series which starred Patrick McGoohan called The Prisoner?

[crafty]

it's what its based on.
You can actually go to the town in 'The Prisoner'- it actually exists in Wales

[Hippy]

Portmerion is the name of the place and here is a link to a map

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=250000.397367616&Y=325000.276680237&width=700&height=400&gride=259196.397367616&gridn=337118.276680237&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=500000&in.x=4&in.y=11

 

 

[apricot2]

Thanks crafty and hippy.  I've been to Portmerion and was a big fan of The Prisoner but it wasn't until I read Kafka that I realised where the idea had come from.

[andy hughes]

The obvious parallel is an apparently innocent individual being 'tried' by a shadowy burocracy for a crime of which he is unaware, with no-one willing to explain the reasons for his situation. Given current sophisticated levels of television, it is hard to imagine how genuinely exciting and unique 'The Prisoner' was when first shown in the late '60's - a true landmark of the genre.