The Brothers Karamazov

"The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel."

1958 2h 25m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 52

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Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.

“The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.”

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Cast

Yul Brynner
Dmitri Karamazov
Maria Schell
Grushenka
Claire Bloom
Katya
Lee J. Cobb
Fyodor Karamazov
William Shatner
Alexi Karamazov
Richard Basehart
Ivan Karamazov
Albert Salmi
Smerdjakov
Judith Evelyn
Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Brooks
Writers: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Richard Brooks
Languages: Russian, English, Polish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, English, Polish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Brooks, shot by John Alton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bronislau Kaper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John D. Dunning shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Yul Brynner and Maria Schell and Claire Bloom carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0051435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Richard Brooks directs. John Alton behind the camera. Bronislau Kaper scores. John D. Dunning cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Russian, English, Polish.

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168 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Russian, English, Polish.
3Directed by Richard Brooks, shot by John Alton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Bronislau Kaper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John D. Dunning shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yul Brynner and Maria Schell and Claire Bloom carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.".
8IMDB entry: tt0051435 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "jealousy", "based on novel or book", "father murder", "debt collector".
11Released under 14 different titles around the world.