The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958
2h 25m
6.6

6.6/10

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Avon Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Russian English Polish

Quick Facts

Release Date February 20, 1958
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0051435

Cast

Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner

Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell
Maria Schell

Grushenka

Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom

Katya

Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb

Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner
William Shatner

Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart

Ivan Karamazov

Albert Salmi
Albert Salmi

Smerdjakov

Judith Evelyn
Judith Evelyn

Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Edgar Stehli
Edgar Stehli

Grigory

Harry Townes
Harry Townes

Ippoli Kirillov

Miko Oscard
Miko Oscard

Ilyusha Snegiryov

David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu

Capt. Snegiryov

Key Crew

Richard Brooks
Director
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Richard Brooks
Writer