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Release Year1958
Runtime2h 25m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, History
Votes51
DirectorRichard Brooks
WritersJulius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Richard Brooks
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Brothers Karamazov
About The Brothers Karamazov
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.
Directed by Richard Brooks, The Brothers Karamazov leans on a strong ensemble — Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1958.
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