The Brothers Karamazov (1958), dir. Richard Brooks
After the success of War and Peace (1956) arises in the United States another adaptation of Russian literature. This time, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Karamazov family history, which culminates in the parricide. Each of the brothers in some way implicated in this crime. Dmitri, Ivan, Alexei and Paul are the sons Smerdjakow Fyodor Karamazov, a wealthy libertine, whose actions lead to conflicts and tensions in the family. Love for a woman with one hand and fear of losing his father's estate, on the other hand contribute to the fact that it comes to murder, and sentenced for the crime an innocent man.
tale of love and brotherhood, crime and punishment, jealousy and hatred. Father of the family was a wicked and a sinner, but his sons did not turned out to be better than him. Money and women can lead to violent acts of man. In the nineteenth century, police and the courts did not yet have effective methods such as today, so it was harder catch a murderer. It was difficult to prove someone's innocence too. If there is a credible witness is on the basis of his testimony could convict a man without any concrete evidence.
first half of the film belongs to one actor. Lee J. Cobb was one of those actors who do not care about whether the role is large or small engage in it as much. The role of the overbearing father is extremely reliable, steals the show the other actors. Only when this character is killed the rest of the cast can show their skills. Yul Brynner, Albert Salmi Richard Basehart and make excellent power performances of the three brothers with completely different but equally strong characters. Maria Schell and Claire Bloom apparently characterized by beauty, but apparently that does not resolve the rest of the cast, able to create a credible psychological portraits of women. At first glance, the two women are different, one is blonde, the other brunette, seems to be a victim, exploited by men, is indecisive and weak mentally, while the other appears to be stronger and more confident. However, these differences may be apparent, in fact, both women are dreaming about the same - love, peace and happy life. Richard Brooks
not the first nor the last time you showed this film, he is the executor of an efficient, able to work with actors and umiejÄ…cym create the right climate. The Brothers Karamazov convincingly shown on the screen nineteenth-century Russia, as well as a writer has proved that he can make a screening of, in which he is able to maintain the atmosphere of the literary original, while easing the Hollywood-style, so that the film will be more digestible for viewers around the world. Surely no film would approach without a cast as brilliant as I mentioned above. But I must also single out the technical collaborators who definitely a director to help create a vision of old Russia. And what would such a film without the music, composed by Bronislaw Kaper which, the composer born in Warsaw at the time when it belonged to Russia. So was the experience of Russification, which could help him at work on the music for this film.
tale of love and brotherhood, crime and punishment, jealousy and hatred. Father of the family was a wicked and a sinner, but his sons did not turned out to be better than him. Money and women can lead to violent acts of man. In the nineteenth century, police and the courts did not yet have effective methods such as today, so it was harder catch a murderer. It was difficult to prove someone's innocence too. If there is a credible witness is on the basis of his testimony could convict a man without any concrete evidence.
first half of the film belongs to one actor. Lee J. Cobb was one of those actors who do not care about whether the role is large or small engage in it as much. The role of the overbearing father is extremely reliable, steals the show the other actors. Only when this character is killed the rest of the cast can show their skills. Yul Brynner, Albert Salmi Richard Basehart and make excellent power performances of the three brothers with completely different but equally strong characters. Maria Schell and Claire Bloom apparently characterized by beauty, but apparently that does not resolve the rest of the cast, able to create a credible psychological portraits of women. At first glance, the two women are different, one is blonde, the other brunette, seems to be a victim, exploited by men, is indecisive and weak mentally, while the other appears to be stronger and more confident. However, these differences may be apparent, in fact, both women are dreaming about the same - love, peace and happy life. Richard Brooks
not the first nor the last time you showed this film, he is the executor of an efficient, able to work with actors and umiejÄ…cym create the right climate. The Brothers Karamazov convincingly shown on the screen nineteenth-century Russia, as well as a writer has proved that he can make a screening of, in which he is able to maintain the atmosphere of the literary original, while easing the Hollywood-style, so that the film will be more digestible for viewers around the world. Surely no film would approach without a cast as brilliant as I mentioned above. But I must also single out the technical collaborators who definitely a director to help create a vision of old Russia. And what would such a film without the music, composed by Bronislaw Kaper which, the composer born in Warsaw at the time when it belonged to Russia. So was the experience of Russification, which could help him at work on the music for this film.
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