The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
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- Approved
- 2h 25min
- Drama, Romance
- 26 Feb 1958 (Japan)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.
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Yul Brynner | ... |
Dmitri Karamazov
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Maria Schell | ... |
Grushenka
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Claire Bloom | ... |
Katya
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Lee J. Cobb | ... |
Fyodor Karamazov
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Albert Salmi | ... |
Smerdjakov
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William Shatner | ... |
Alexi Karamazov
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Richard Basehart | ... |
Ivan Karamazov
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Judith Evelyn | ... |
Mme. Anna Hohlakov
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Edgar Stehli | ... |
Grigory
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Harry Townes | ... |
Ippoli Kirillov
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Miko Oscard | ... |
Ilyusha Snegiryov
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David Opatoshu | ... |
Capt. Snegiryov
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Simon Oakland | ... |
Mavrayek
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Frank DeKova | ... |
Capt. Vrublevski
(as Frank de Kova)
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Jay Adler | ... |
Pawnbroker
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Gage Clarke | ... |
Defense Counsel
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Ann Morrison | ... |
Marya
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Mel Welles | ... |
Trifon Borissovitch
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Walter Bacon | ... |
Courtroom Scribe (uncredited)
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George Barrows | ... |
MP (uncredited)
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George Blagoi | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Sam Buffington | ... |
Tipsy Merchant (uncredited)
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Gene Coogan | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Giselle D'Arc | ... |
Party Girl (uncredited)
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Jimmy Dime | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Paul Frees | ... |
Innkeeper (uncredited) (voice)
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Molly Glessing | ... |
Mother (uncredited)
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Leonard Graves | ... |
Third Court Officer (uncredited)
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Clare Higgins | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Harry Hines | ... |
Moronic Prisoner (uncredited)
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Charles Horvath | ... |
Polish Officer's Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Richard LaMarr | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Gustave Lax | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Peter Leeds | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Len Lesser | ... |
Jailer (uncredited)
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Anastasia Kostoff Mann | ... |
Young Girl (uncredited)
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Michael Mark | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Gregg Martell | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Shepard Menken | ... |
Peter (uncredited)
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Dorothy Neumann | ... |
Old Crone (uncredited)
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Gloria Pall | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Guy Prescott | ... |
Friend (uncredited)
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Diana Quick | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Bob Reeves | ... |
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
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Stafford Repp | ... |
Innkeeper (uncredited)
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Jerry Riggio | ... |
Second Court Officer (uncredited)
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Stephen Roberts | ... |
Michael (uncredited)
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Ziva Rodann | ... |
Gypsy Singer (uncredited)
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Scott Seaton | ... |
Juror (uncredited)
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Hal Taggart | ... |
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
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William Vedder | ... |
Father Zossima (uncredited)
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Friedrich von Ledebur | ... |
Chief Judge (uncredited)
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Than Wyenn | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Brooks |
Written by
Julius J. Epstein | ... | (adaptation) and |
Philip G. Epstein | ... | (adaptation) |
Fyodor Dostoevsky | ... | (novel) |
Constance Garnett | ... | (novel: English translation) |
Richard Brooks | ... | (screen play) |
Produced by
Pandro S. Berman | ... | producer |
Kathryn Hereford | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Bronislau Kaper |
Cinematography by
John Alton | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
John D. Dunning | ... | (as John Dunning) |
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon | ... | color consultant |
Casting By
Mel Ballerino | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Paul Groesse | ||
William A. Horning |
Set Decoration by
Henry Grace | ||
Robert Priestley |
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett |
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair stylist |
John Truwe | ... | makeup artist |
William Tuttle | ... | makeup creator |
Frank La Rue | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Peggy Shannon | ... | hairdresser (uncredited) |
Production Management
William Kaplan | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Shanks | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Mentor Huebner | ... | production illustrator (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller | ... | recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller) |
John Speak | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Lee LeBlanc | ... | special effects |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Albert Conti | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Joan Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Lambert Marks | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Vicki Nichols | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Dave Saltuper | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Music Department
Alex Alexander | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Georgie Auld | ... | musician: clarinet (uncredited) |
Robert Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Gerald Fried | ... | musician: oboe (uncredited) |
Dominic Frontiere | ... | musician: accordion (uncredited) |
Johnny Green | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Virginia Majewski | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
Max Rabinowitz | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Uan Rasey | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Milton Raskin | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Si Zentner | ... | musician: trombone (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Ted Butcher | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Andrei Tolstoy | ... | technical advisor (as Andrey Tolstoy) |
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro (1958) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Columbia International Films (1973) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Hispamex Films (1974) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Filmjuwelen (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1958) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Perfecta (sound)
- Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It's the 1870s in the small Russian town of Ryevsk. The lusty Fyodor Karamazov, a bit of a cad who has lived off the wealth of his long deceased first wife, has never loved any of his four now adult sons, including his illegitimate epileptic son, Pavel Smerdjakov, who he employs as his personal servant. The four brothers were largely raised apart. Alexi, the youngest, is the only one who loves his father, but does so as he loves all mankind in his piety. Second eldest Ivan, who lives most of the time in Moscow working in the newspaper business, is the emotionally troubled one. And the eldest Dmitri, an army lieutenant and the only offspring on Fyodor's first wife, knows that he is most like their father, and as such has the greatest animosity toward him in their mutual depravity. Dmitri has knowingly racked up gambling debts in waiting for what he considers his fair share of his mother's wealth, something that Fyodor will not willingly give to him but will loan on a request by request basis which now does not include paying for Dmitri's gambling debts. As a matter of circumstance, Dmitri gets engaged to a virtuous young woman named Katya, for both as a matter of honor, although Katya mistakes that honor for love. The situation between all members of the Karamazov family becomes more complex when Fyodor takes measures to make it more difficult for Dmitri, who meets tavern owner Grushenka in the process. Dmitri falls in love with Grushenka and eventually wants to become an honorable man in all aspects of his life for her, their relationship despite Fyodor himself having asked her previously to marry him. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel. See more » |
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Budget | $2,727,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | 1950's blonde bombshell Gloria Pall has a small part in the beginning of the movie playing a peasant girl being held down on the couch as Fyodor Karamazov tickles her feet with a feather. She was cast after an audition that consisted entirely of being tickled on her feet by an assistant. She beat out 11 other actresses who were tested the same way because she was the most ticklish. See more » |
Goofs | (at around 38 mins) There's not a cloud in the sky but still it is snowing. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into My Sister Maria (2002). See more » |
Quotes |
Smerdjakov:
If you'll permit a comment, sir, you're not at all like your brother Dmitri. Ivan Karamazov: Half-brother. Smerdjakov: You're different from all of them. I could see that the first minute you arrived yesterday. Intelligence, audacity, cleverness... Ivan Karamazov: You've just never met anyone who lives in Moscow. Smerdjakov: No sir, it's those magazine articles you wrote, the ones about crime. Ivan Karamazov: [pauses] You enjoyed them. Smerdjakov: [takes out a magazine clipping, reads it] There is nothing in the world to make man love their neighbors. If there is no God, then nothing can be immoral. Everything becomes lawful, even crime. Crime becomes not only lawful, but inevitable. See more » |