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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

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.
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Richard Brooks profile
Richard Brooks

Director

Philip G. Epstein profile
Philip G. Epstein

Screenplay

Cast

Yul Brynner profile
Yul Brynner

Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell profile
Maria Schell

Grushenka

Claire Bloom profile
Claire Bloom

Katya

Lee J. Cobb profile
Lee J. Cobb

Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner profile
William Shatner

Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart profile
Richard Basehart

Ivan Karamazov

Albert Salmi profile
Albert Salmi

Smerdjakov

Judith Evelyn profile
Judith Evelyn

Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Edgar Stehli profile
Edgar Stehli

Grigory

Harry Townes profile
Harry Townes

Ippoli Kirillov

Miko Oscard profile
Miko Oscard

Ilyusha Snegiryov

David Opatoshu profile
David Opatoshu

Capt. Snegiryov

Yul Brynner profile
Yul Brynner

Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell profile
Maria Schell

Grushenka

Claire Bloom profile
Claire Bloom

Katya

Lee J. Cobb profile
Lee J. Cobb

Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner profile
William Shatner

Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart profile
Richard Basehart

Ivan Karamazov

Albert Salmi profile
Albert Salmi

Smerdjakov

Judith Evelyn profile
Judith Evelyn

Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Edgar Stehli profile
Edgar Stehli

Grigory

Harry Townes profile
Harry Townes

Ippoli Kirillov

Miko Oscard profile
Miko Oscard

Ilyusha Snegiryov

David Opatoshu profile
David Opatoshu

Capt. Snegiryov

Extra

Release Date

February 20, 1958

Original Language

Russian, English, Polish

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logoAvon Productions logo

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