The Karamazov Brothers

The Karamazov Brothers (2008)

Drama

Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a world without morality? And if so, does patricide even constitute a crime? One of the most interesting adaptations of the material is The Karamazovs by Czech director Petr Zelenka. We witness a group of thesps from Prague on a trip to Krakow in Poland to stage the novel as a play in a derelict steelworks as part of the Closer to Life Festival. The project, however, is born under the bad sign, apparently doomed from the start. When they arrive, the roof is about to cave in, so that the actors are told to wear safety helmets. Their sole consistent audience is a laborer (Andrzej Mastalerz) who rather follows each dress rehearsal than watching over his seven-year-old son who has suffered a tragic accident in the factory.

Director: Petr Zelenka
Writer: Petr Zelenka

Casts

	Ivan Trojan as Stary Karamazov
	Igor Chmela as Ivan Karamazov
	Martin Myšička as
	David Novotný as Dmitriy Karamazov
	Radek Holub as Smerdyakov
	Lenka Krobotová as
	Michaela Badinková as Katya
	Roman Luknár as Director
	Andrzej Mastalerz as
	Adrianna Miara as
	Lucie Žáčková as
	Jan Kolařík as
	Marek Matějka as
	Jerzy Michał Bożyk as Pianist
	Malgorzata Gałkowska as
	Pavel Šimčík as
	Jurij Kolva as
	Klára Lidová as tanečnice
	Matija Solče as
	Jerzy Rogalski as

Crew