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The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 10, 1969

Runtime

3h 38m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Братья Карамазовы

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Ivan Pyryev

Description

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.