
The Brothers Karamazov
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February 20, 1958
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Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
Richard Brooks
Director
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Cast

Yul Brynner
Dmitri Karamazov

Maria Schell
Grushenka

Claire Bloom
Katya

Lee J. Cobb
Fyodor Karamazov

William Shatner
Alexi Karamazov