The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel. 1958-02-20 United States of America 145 Min. PG-13
6.6 43 votes

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.

Cast

Yul Brynner is Dmitri Karamazov
Dmitri Karamazov
Maria Schell is Grushenka
Grushenka
Claire Bloom is Katya
Katya
Lee J. Cobb is Fyodor Karamazov
Fyodor Karamazov
William Shatner is Alexi Karamazov
Alexi Karamazov
Richard Basehart is Ivan Karamazov
Ivan Karamazov
Albert Salmi is Smerdjakov
Smerdjakov
Judith Evelyn is Mme. Anna Hohlakov
Mme. Anna Hohlakov
Edgar Stehli is Grigory
Grigory
Harry Townes is Ippoli Kirillov
Ippoli Kirillov
Miko Oscard is Ilyusha Snegiryov
Ilyusha Snegiryov
David Opatoshu is Capt. Snegiryov
Capt. Snegiryov

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