The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
Director: Richard Brooks
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Painstaking attempt to reduce Dostoevsky's novel to manageable proportions, retaining most of the major episodes but contriving to miss the point - the tortuous quest for God - by giving one brother (Brynner) the star role whereas all four should contribute equally to the theme. Very uncertain in period and atmosphere, and saddled with some terrible performances.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Pandro S Berman
Cast: Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Richard Basehart, Lee J Cobb, Maria Schell, Albert Salmi, William Shatner full cast
Duration: 146 mins
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