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The Karamazov Brothers (2008)

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Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Petr Zelenka

Synopsis

Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a world without morality? And if so, does patricide even constitute a crime? One of the most interesting adaptations of the material is The Karamazovs by Czech director Petr Zelenka. We witness a group of thesps from Prague on a trip to Krakow in Poland to stage the novel as a play in a derelict steelworks as part of the Closer to Life Festival. The project, however, is born under the bad sign, apparently doomed from the start. When they arrive, the roof is about to cave in, so that the actors are told to wear safety helmets. Their sole consistent audience is a laborer (Andrzej Mastalerz) who rather follows each dress rehearsal than watching over his seven-year-old son who has suffered a tragic accident in the factory.

Actors

Michaela Badinková
Michaela Badinková
Katya
Jerzy Michal Bozyk
Jerzy Michal Bozyk
Pianist
Igor Chmela
Igor Chmela
Ivan Karamazov
Radek Holub
Radek Holub
Smerdyakov
Roman Luknár
Roman Luknár
Director
David Novotný
David Novotný
Dmitriy Karamazov
Ivan Trojan
Ivan Trojan
Stary Karamazov
Klára Lidová
Klára Lidová
tanečnice

Crews

Evald Schorm
Evald Schorm
Adaptation
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Music
Petr Zelenka
Petr Zelenka
Writer
Petr Zelenka
Petr Zelenka
Director