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19582h 25mEnglish

The Brothers Karamazov

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

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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.

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DirectorRichard Brooks

Keywords

jealousybased on novel or bookfather murderdebt collectordebtmistressdrinkdeathoverbearing fatherinheritance fightpatricidefather son conflictrussian literaturerussiafather son relationshipkaramazov

Cast

Yul Brynner as Dmitri Karamazov

Yul Brynner

Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell as Grushenka

Maria Schell

Grushenka

Claire Bloom as Katya

Claire Bloom

Katya

Lee J. Cobb as Fyodor Karamazov

Lee J. Cobb

Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner as Alexi Karamazov

William Shatner

Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart as Ivan Karamazov

Richard Basehart

Ivan Karamazov

Albert Salmi as Smerdjakov

Albert Salmi

Smerdjakov

Judith Evelyn as Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Judith Evelyn

Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Edgar Stehli as Grigory

Edgar Stehli

Grigory

Harry Townes as Ippoli Kirillov

Harry Townes

Ippoli Kirillov