The Brothers Karamazov 66 years old

The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.

The Brothers Karamazov

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.

Credits

The Brothers Karamazov Cast

Name Character
William Shatner He was 26, now 93 years old as Alexi Karamazov
Lee J. Cobb He was 46, 64 years old when he died as Father Karamazov
Yul Brynner He was 37, 65 years old when he died as Dmitri Karamazov
Simon Oakland He was 42, 68 years old when he died as Mavrayek
Albert Salmi He was 29, 62 years old when he died as Smerdjakov
Claire Bloom She was 27, now 93 years old as Katya
Judith Evelyn She was 48, 58 years old when she died as Mme. Anna Hohlakov
Harry Townes He was 43, 86 years old when he died as Ippoli Kirillov
Jay Adler He was 61, 81 years old when he died as Pawnbroker
Miko Oscard as Ilyusha Snegiryov
Gage Clarke He was 57, 64 years old when he died as Defense Counsel
David Opatoshu He was 40, 78 years old when he died as Capt. Snegiryov
Edgar Stehli He was 73, 89 years old when he died as Grigory
Mel Welles He was 34, 81 years old when he died as Trifon Borissovitch
Maria Schell She was 32, 79 years old when she died as Grushenka
Richard Basehart He was 43, 70 years old when he died as Ivan Karamazov
Frank de Kova He was 47, 71 years old when he died as Capt. Vrublevski
Ann Morrison She was 1, 22 years old when she died as Marya

The Brothers Karamazov Crew

Name Department
Philip G. Epstein as Screenplay. He was 48 (42) years old when He died Writing
Walter Plunkett as Costume Design. He was 55 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
John Alton as Director of Photography. He was 56 (94) years old when He died Camera
Julius J. Epstein as Screenplay. He was 48 (91) years old when He died Writing
Richard Brooks as Director. He was 45 (79) years old when He died Directing
John D. Dunning as Editor. He was 41 (74) years old when He died Editing
Pandro S. Berman as Producer. He was 52 (91) years old when He died Production
Richard Brooks as Screenplay. He was 45 (79) years old when He died Writing
Fyodor Dostoyevsky as Novel. He was 136 (59) years old when He died Writing
Mel Ballerino as Casting. Production
The Brothers Karamazov poster
The Brothers Karamazov (66 years)

The greatness and glory, the loves and sins of the famed novel.

  • Release day: Thursday, February 20, 1958
  • Runtime: 145 minutes