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The Brothers Karamazov

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1958 | 145 min | Drama, History

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for history buffs.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 25 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1958: an older pace and style.

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    25% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    Nominated for 1 Oscar, 1 Cannes award and 1 DGA Award.

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 53K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Richard Brooks

  • Yul BrynnerDmitri Karamazov
  • Maria SchellGrushenka
  • Claire BloomKatya
  • Lee J. CobbFyodor Karamazov
  • William ShatnerAlexi Karamazov
  • Richard BasehartIvan Karamazov
  • Albert SalmiSmerdjakov
  • Judith EvelynMme. Anna Hohlakov
  • Edgar StehliGrigory
  • Harry TownesIppoli Kirillov