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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
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26 February 1958 (Japan)
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Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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4 nominations
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Anthony Hopkins Interview, The Wolfman
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Extremely intense version based on Dostoyesky 's novel and set in Russia ,19th Century
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(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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The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
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145 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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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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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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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Operation Double 007 (#6.8)" (1993)
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Hollywood rendition of the classic novel by Feodor Dostoyesky deals about the Karamazov family. It starts in Ryevsk, 1870, the father named Fyodor is a selfish libertine , he brutalizes and mistreats his sons . His four grown sons are Dimitri(Yul Brynner), an attractive, wealthy officer who is betrothed to rich Katya (Claire Bloom), the monk is named Alexi(William Shatner), a writer named Ivan (Richard Basehart) and the bastard (Albert Salmi). Dimitri falls in love with a beautiful woman named Grishenka(Maria Schell), but she's the father's lover. Then emerge the tensions , drama and tragedy when brothers and father struggle with their desires for the same women.
One of the most interesting films based on the novels by the fascinating Russian writer Feodor Dostoevsky - Crime and punishment-. The writers Julius and Philip Epstein -Casablanca- kicked out most of the psychological undertones of the original. This overlong picture is confined by the demands of melodrama and packs some flaws and gaps. Nevertheless it is full of masterly touches and unexpected flashes of intelligence. Nice performances by all star cast , especially by Richard Bashehart, William Shatner and Lee J. Cobb does an overacting. And Maria Schell who does a sensible and smiling performance as Grushenka, whose role Marilyn Monroe attempted desperately to get. Colorful cinematography by John Alton, a noted cameraman expert on noir cinema.
Good and intense direction by Richard Brooks. He was a fine writer/director so consistently mixed the good and average which it became impossible to know that to expect from him next. Firstly he worked regularly as a Hollywwod screenwriter. After that, his initial experience of directing was one of his own screenplays called ¨Crisis¨. The Richard Brooks films that have the greatest impact are realized during the 50s and 60s as ¨Cat on a hot tin roof, Something of value, Elmer Gantry, Sweet bird of youth, In cold blood, Lord Jim and the Professionals¨ and of course ¨The brothers Karamazov¨ .