The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

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

Release Date:

26 February 1958 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Russia | Foreign Language Adaptation | Remake | Murder | Patricide

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov

Runtime:

145 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Avon Productions (II)

Trivia:

Debut of Simon Oakland.

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.

Movie Connections:

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

One of the Truly Great 50's Movies

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.