The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
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.
Director:
Richard Brooks
Writers:
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein.
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Yul Brynner as Dmitri Karamazov |
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Maria Schell as Grushenka |
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Claire Bloom as Katya |
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Lee J. Cobb as Fyodor Karamazov |
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William Shatner as Alexi Karamazov |
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Richard Basehart as Ivan Karamazov |
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Albert Salmi as Smerdjakov |
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Judith Evelyn as Mme. Anna Hohlakov |
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Edgar Stehli as Grigory |
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Harry Townes as Ippoli Kirillov |
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Miko Oscard as Ilyusha Snegiryov |
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David Opatoshu as Capt. Snegiryov |
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Simon Oakland as Mavrayek |
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Frank De Kova as Capt. Vrublevski |
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Jay Adler as Pawnbroker |
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Gage Clarke as Defense Counsel |
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Ann Morrison as Marya |
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Mel Welles as Trifon Borissovitch |
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Sam Buffington as Tipsy Merchant |
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Stafford Repp as Innkeeper |
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Ziva Rodann as Gypsy Singer |
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Molly Glessing as Mother (uncredited) |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Production | Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
| Editing | John D. Dunning | Editor |
| Camera | John Alton | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Philip G. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Directing | Richard Brooks | Director |
| Production | Mel Ballerino | Casting |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novel |
| Writing | Richard Brooks | Writer |
| Sound | Bronislau Kaper | Original Music Composer |
