The Brothers Karamazov (1958) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Brooks |
| Producer(s) | Pandro S. Berman, Kathryn Hereford (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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The Brothers Karamazov Overview:
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) was a Drama - Film Adaptation Film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Pandro S. Berman and Kathryn Hereford.
SYNOPSIS
Four brothers vie for the same woman in this fine adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tale. Continually abused by their overbearing father, one takes matters into his own hands and murders the father. The horror of the father's death is further compounded by the accusation of the wrong brother as the murderer. William Shatner's screen debut.
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Academy Awards 1958 --- Ceremony Number 31 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lee J. Cobb | Nominated |
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Quotes from
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 neighbours. If there is no God, then nothing can be immoral. Everything becomes lawful, even crime. Crime becomes not only lawful, but inevitable.
Alexi Karamazov: How can anybody spend five thousand rubles at one time?
Dmitri Karamazov: I admit it requires skill,brother.
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Facts about
This film is supposedly one of the reasons Marilyn Monroe ran away from Fox, because she wanted to star in something serious. They lured her back to the studio with Bus Stop.
Debut of Simon Oakland.
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