The Brothers Karamazov

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

6.6
19582h 25m

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.

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Photo of Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Dmitri Karamazov

Photo of Maria Schell

Maria Schell

Grushenka

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Lee J. Cobb

Fyodor Karamazov

Photo of William Shatner

William Shatner

Alexi Karamazov

Photo of Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Ivan Karamazov

Photo of Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi

Smerdjakov

Photo of Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Mme. Anna Hohlakov

Photo of Harry Townes

Harry Townes

Ippoli Kirillov

Photo of David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Capt. Snegiryov

Photo of Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

Capt. Vrublevski

Photo of Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Pawnbroker

Photo of Gage Clarke

Gage Clarke

Defense Counsel

Photo of Mel Welles

Mel Welles

Trifon Borissovitch

Photo of Sam Buffington

Sam Buffington

Tipsy Merchant

Photo of Stafford Repp

Stafford Repp

Innkeeper

Photo of Ziva Rodann

Ziva Rodann

Gypsy Singer

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