Drama

The Brothers Karamazov

- Three brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastery, the other - a gambler, and the third - an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.

Release Date : 1969-01-10

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mosfilm

Production Country : Soviet Union

Alternative Titles : Brothers Karamazov

Cast

Character Name : Dmitri Karamazov

Original Name : Михаил Ульянов

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grushenka

Original Name : Лионелла Пырьева

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ivan Karamazov

Original Name : Кирил Лавров

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alyosha Karamazov

Original Name : Андрей Мягков

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fyodor Karamazov

Original Name : Марк Прудкин

Gender : Male

Character Name : Katerina Ivanovna

Original Name : Svetlana Korkoshko

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pavel Smerdyakov

Original Name : Валентин Никулин

Gender : Male

Character Name : elder Zosima

Original Name : Павел Павленко

Gender : Male

Character Name : public prosecutor

Original Name : Grigori Kirillov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maximov

Original Name : Nikolay Svetlovidov

Gender : Male

Character Name : father Ferapont

Original Name : Александр Хвыля

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trifon Plastunov

Original Name : Nikolai Ryzhov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kuzma Samsonov

Original Name : Андрей Абрикосов

Gender : Male

Character Name : father Iosif

Original Name : Евгений Тетерин

Gender : Male

Character Name : father Paisiy

Original Name : Геннадий Юхтин

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nikolai Nelyudov

Original Name : Анатолий Адоскин

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vrublevsky

Original Name : Марк Перцовский

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mikhail Rakitin

Original Name : Nikita Podgornyj

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mussyalovich

Original Name : Nikolai Prokopovich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pyotr Miusov

Original Name : Василий Матов

Gender : Male

Character Name : attorney

Original Name : Юрий Родионов

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pyotr Kalganov

Original Name : Иван Власов

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grigori Vasilyevich

Original Name : Виктор Колпаков

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samsonov's son

Original Name : Станислав Чекан

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matryona

Original Name : Варвара Попова

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marya Kondratyevna

Original Name : Тамара Носова

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fenya

Original Name : Lyubov Korneva

Gender : Female

Character Name : Katerina Khokhlakova

Original Name : Olga Chuvayeva

Gender : Male

Character Name : gypsy

Original Name : Рада Волшанинова

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marfa Osipovna

Original Name : Yevdokiya Urusova

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samsonov's relative

Original Name : Александра Данилова

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lyagavyy

Original Name : Иван Лапиков

Gender : Male

Character Name : priest

Original Name : Sergei Kalinin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plastunov's older daughter

Original Name : Zhanna Dianova

Gender : Male

Character Name : judge

Original Name : Владимир Осенев

Gender : Male

Character Name : court assessor

Original Name : Pavel Strelin

Gender : Male

Character Name : court assessor

Original Name : Георгий Георгиу

Gender : Male

Character Name : lawman

Original Name : Николай Бубнов

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-22

If you saw the more famous version of this adaptation of Dostoeyevsky's novel with Yul Brynner from 1956, you'll know the gist of this story of the eponymous siblings "Dimitri" (Mikhail Ulyanov), aspiring journalist "Ivan" (Kirill Lavrov) and "Alyosha" (Andrey Myagkov). Thanks to their late mother, they are from a well to do family and as you might expect have grown up talking completely differing paths in life. The latter man has taken to a life in the church, the former is a bit of a wastrel and "Ivan" is more the philosophical type. Meantime, their grizzly father "Fyodor" (Mark Prudkin) has pretty much abandoned the gambling soldier "Dimitri". There's precious little love spread amongst this family, save for perhaps the young "Aloysha" whose general attitude to life has an innocent and forgiving naivety to it, but otherwise these are men increasingly separated by the same genes. As the story unfolds, there are complexities with not just the familial relationships, but with the women in their lives. "Dimitri", especially, sees his gambling compromise his own love with "Grushenka" (Lionella Pyryeva) which gives his father a mischievous opportunity to try to finally thwart his son's profligate ways. This is a decently faithful interpretation of the book that's told in three chapters as the brothers age and their relationships ebb and flow. It's probably the effort from Myagkov that resonated more with me as a man of innate spirituality who has to come to terms with not just an evolving society but with a questioning of his own faith that he's really not equipped to handle. Prudkin also delivers strongly as the father and the story itself combines elements of ambition, lust and love with religiosity and, to a degree, freedom that are quite thought-provokingly resented. Of course it's meant to be a piece of entertainment, so there are corners cut from the original text and maybe just a little stereotyping disguised as cinematic licence amidst a production that can be a bit dry and humourless at times, but it's still quite a provocative, even exacting, film to watch and it might just encourage you to read the novel.