The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
- Starring:
- Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Brooks
Synopsis of The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov is given a Hollywood screen treatment by producer Pandro S. Berman and director Richard Brooks. Yul Brynner plays Dmitri Karamazov, a callous Russian officer who cuckolds his domineering father (Lee J. Cobb) with the old man's mistress Grushenka (Maria Schell). Richard Basehart is Dmitri's intellectual brother Ivan, while William Shatner is the pious Alexey Karamazov; both men eventually enjoy the attentions of the willing Grushenka. The Karamazovs' half-brother is Smedyakov (Albert Salmi), an epileptic whose purpose in the story is clarified after the family patriarch's murder. It is now part of Hollywood folklore that Marilyn Monroe fought long and hard to be cast as the enigmatic Grushenka. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Brothers Karamazov
- Yul Brynner - Dmitri Karamazov
- Claire Bloom - Katya
- Richard Basehart - Ivan Karamazov
- William Shatner - Alexey Karamazov
- Edgar Stehli - Gregory
- Miko Oscard - Illusha Snegiryov
- Jay Adler - Pawnbroker
- Ann Morrison - Marya
- Simon Oakland - Mavrayek
- Maria Schell - Grushenka
- Lee J. Cobb - Fyodor Karamazov
- Albert Salmi - Pavel Smerdyakov
- Judith Evelyn - Anna Hohlakov
- Harry Townes - Ippoli Kirillov
- Frank de Kova - Capt. Vrublevski
- Gage Clarke - Defense Counsel
- Mel Welles - Trifon Borissovitch
- David Opatoshu - Capt. Snegiryov
- Director(s):
- Richard Brooks
- Writer(s):
- Julius J. Epstein, Richard Brooks
- Producer(s):
- Pandro S. Berman
- 1958 - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor
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