The Brothers Karamazov (1969 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Kirill Lavrov Ivan Pyryev Mikhail Ulyanov |
Written by | Ivan Pyryev (screenplay) Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel) |
Starring | Mikhail Ulyanov Lionella Pyryeva Kirill Lavrov Andrey Myagkov |
Cinematography | Sergei Vronsky |
Edited by | V. Yankovsky |
Music by | Isaak Shvarts |
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Running time | 232 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы, translit. Bratya Karamazovy) is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev and Mikhail Ulyanov. It is based on the eponymous novel by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] It was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, winning Pyryev a Special Prize.[2]
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Dmitri Karamazov
- Lionella Pyryeva as Grushenka
- Kirill Lavrov as Ivan Karamazov
- Andrey Myagkov as Alyosha Karamazov
- Mark Prudkin as Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov
- Svetlana Korkoshko as Yekaterina Ivanovna
- Valentin Nikulin as Pavel Smerdyakov
- Pavel Pavlenko as elder Zosima
- Andrei Abrikosov as Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov
- Gennadi Yukhtin as Father Paisi
- Anatoli Adoskin as Examining magistrate
- Rada Volshaninova as Gipsy
- Tamara Nosova as Marya Kondratyevna
- Nikita Podgorny as Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin
- Ivan Lapikov as Lyagavyj
Reception
The film was the most popular movie at the USSR box office in 1969.[3]
See also
- List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ "The World's Top Twenty Films." Sunday Times [London, England] 27 Sept. 1970: 27. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. accessed 5 Apr. 2014