The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

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

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1958-02-20
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 25min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Brooks
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Summary

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.

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  • Yul Brynner

    as Dmitri Karamazov
  • Maria Schell

    as Grushenka
  • Claire Bloom

    as Katya
  • Lee J. Cobb

    as Fyodor Karamazov
  • William Shatner

    as Alexi Karamazov
  • Richard Basehart

    as Ivan Karamazov
  • Albert Salmi

    as Smerdjakov
  • Judith Evelyn

    as Mme. Anna Hohlakov
  • Edgar Stehli

    as Grigory
  • Harry Townes

    as Ippoli Kirillov
  • Miko Oscard

    as Ilyusha Snegiryov
  • David Opatoshu

    as Capt. Snegiryov
  • Simon Oakland

    as Mavrayek
  • Frank De Kova

    as Capt. Vrublevski
  • Jay Adler

    as Pawnbroker
  • Gage Clarke

    as Defense Counsel
  • Ann Morrison

    as Marya
  • Mel Welles

    as Trifon Borissovitch
  • Sam Buffington

    as Tipsy Merchant
  • Stafford Repp

    as Innkeeper
  • Ziva Rodann

    as Gypsy Singer
  • Molly Glessing

    as Mother (uncredited)
Editing John D. Dunning Editor
Camera John Alton Director of Photography
Production Mel Ballerino Casting
Costume & Make-Up Walter Plunkett Costume Design
Directing Richard Brooks Director
Writing Julius J. Epstein Screenplay
Production Pandro S. Berman Producer
Writing Philip G. Epstein Screenplay
Writing Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel
Writing Richard Brooks Writer
Sound Bronislau Kaper Original Music Composer

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