The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы, translit. Bratya Karamazovy) is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev and Mikhail Ulyanov. It is based on the 1880 novel by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] It was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, winning Pyryev a Special Prize.[2]
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Directed by | Kirill Lavrov Ivan Pyryev Mikhail Ulyanov |
Written by | Ivan Pyryev (screenplay) Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel) |
Starring | Mikhail Ulyanov Lionella Pyryeva Kirill Lavrov Andrey Myagkov Mark Prudkin |
Cinematography | Sergei Vronsky |
Edited by | V. Yankovsky |
Music by | Isaak Shvarts |
Production company | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 232 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The film was the most popular movie at the USSR box office in 1969.[3]
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (1880) | |
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Soviet submission for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | |
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