The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.

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.

US

Made in US

6.6/10

1958

Drama
History
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

As Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell

Maria Schell

As Grushenka

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

As Katya

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

As Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner

William Shatner

As Alexi Karamazov

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

As Ivan Karamazov

Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi

As Smerdjakov

Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

As Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Edgar Stehli

Edgar Stehli

As Grigory

Harry Townes

Harry Townes

As Ippoli Kirillov

Miko Oscard

Miko Oscard

As Ilyusha Snegiryov

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

As Capt. Snegiryov

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

As Mavrayek

Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

As Capt. Vrublevski

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

As Pawnbroker

Gage Clarke

Gage Clarke

As Defense Counsel

Ann Morrison

Ann Morrison

As Marya

Mel Welles

Mel Welles

As Trifon Borissovitch

Sam Buffington

Sam Buffington

As Tipsy Merchant

Stafford Repp

Stafford Repp

As Innkeeper

Ziva Rodann

Ziva Rodann

As Gypsy Singer

Molly Glessing

Molly Glessing

As Mother (uncredited)

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