The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958 | 2h 26m | Drama, Romance | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

CAST

Yul Brynner

Maria Schell

Richard Basehart

Claire Bloom

Lee J. Cobb

Albert Salmi

William Shatner

Judith Evelyn

Edgar Stehli

Harry Townes

Miko Oscard

David Opatoshu

Simon Oakland

Frank DeKova

Jay Adler

Gage Clarke

Ann Morrison

Mel Welles

PRODUCERS

Pandro S. Berman

WRITERS

Richard Brooks

Julius J. Epstein

Philip G. Epstein

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Host Intros

01:56
Alicia Malone Intro -- The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces The Brothers Karamazov, 1958.

Related Videos

04:26
Brothers Karamazov, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Nothing Can Be Immoral
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Director Richard Brooks brings in Dostoyevsky characters, Richard Basehart as Ivan, pestered by Smerdyakov (Albert Salmi) as he greets his brother's bride Katya (Claire Bloom), then Maria Schell as Grushenka, accompanying evil dad Fyodor (Lee J. Cobb), in The Brothers Karamazov, 1958.
Brothers Karamazov, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You're Almost A Monk
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Father Fyodor (Lee J. Cobb) is busy debauching when novitiate son Alexey (William Shatner) drops by to seek funds for his brother, in Richard Brooks' brave attempt to film Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, 1958.
02:59
Brothers Karamazov, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You Wouldn't Beat Your Mother
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Military man Dmitri (Yul Brynner) has not yet met tavern owner and seductress Grushenka (Maria Schell), newly engaged to his evil father, whom he means to confront about why she bought his debts, in Richard Brooks' treatment of the Dostoyevsky novel, The Brothers Karamazov, 1958.
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Brothers Karamazov, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) The Same Depravity
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Pious Alexey (William Shatner) has just delivered funds to soldier Dmitri (Yul Brynner) from their father, when Katya (Claire Bloom) arrives, hoping to settle a debt owed by her father, his commanding officer, in Richard Brooks' 1958 treatment of Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
Brothers Karamazov, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Always Smell Money
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Music by Bronislau Kaper, Maria Schell lusty as Grushenka, and Yul Brynner as Dmitri, succumbing to a family flaw, in Richard Brooks' version of the Dostoyevsky novel, The Brothers Karamazov, 1958.

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