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Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel)
Julius J. Epstein (adaptation) ...
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Contact:

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Release Date:

26 February 1958 (Japan) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Birthday Suit: You've Seen Demi's
 (From FilmExperience. 11 November 2009, 4:00 AM, PST)

Actress Maria Schell Dead at 79
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 28 April 2005)

User Comments:

One of the Truly Great 50's Movies more (12 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Yul Brynner ... Dmitri Karamazov
Maria Schell ... Grushenka
Claire Bloom ... Katya

Lee J. Cobb ... Father Karamazov
Albert Salmi ... Smerdjakov

William Shatner ... Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart ... Ivan Karamazov
Judith Evelyn ... Mme. Anna Hohlakov
Edgar Stehli ... Grigory
Harry Townes ... Ippoli Kirillov
Miko Oscard ... Ilyusha Snegiryov
David Opatoshu ... Capt. Snegiryov
Simon Oakland ... Mavrayek
Frank DeKova ... Capt. Vrublevski (as Frank de Kova)
Jay Adler ... Pawnbroker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
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Runtime:

145 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Debuts of William Shatner and Albert Salmi. more

Quotes:

Smerdjakov: If you'll permit a comment, sir, you're not at all like your brother Dmitri.
Ivan Karamazov: Half-brother.
Smerdjakov: You're different from all of them. I could see that the first minute you arrived yesterday. Intelligence, audacity, cleverness...
Ivan Karamazov: You've just never met anyone who lives in Moscow.
Smerdjakov: No sir, it's those magazine articles you wrote, the ones about crime.
Ivan Karamazov: [pauses] You enjoyed them.
Smerdjakov: [takes out a magazine clipping, reads it] There is nothing in the world to make man love their neighbours. If there is no God, then nothing can be immoral. Everything becomes lawful, even crime. Crime becomes not only lawful, but inevitable.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Murphy Brown: The Brothers Silverberg (#2.1)" (1989) more


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One of the Truly Great 50's Movies, 11 November 2002
Author: Wayne Crooker (stanwayne@direcway.com) from Weston, Maine

If you have not seen this-Please do. It has action,deceit,depravity,murder and all the things you might expect. The cast does a great job and after not having seen it for 44 years, it is STILL a great film.My wife asked me to order the film 10 days ago. I did. We both watched it today.Simply a great movie. Period. Enjoy.

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