The Karamazov Brothers

Synopsis

Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a world without morality? And if so, does patricide even constitute a crime? One of the most interesting adaptations of the material is The Karamazovs by Czech director Petr Zelenka. We witness a group of thesps from Prague on a trip to Krakow in Poland to stage the novel as a play in a derelict steelworks as part of the Closer to Life Festival. The project, however, is born under the bad sign, apparently doomed from the start. When they arrive, the roof is about to cave in, so that the actors are told to wear safety helmets. Their sole consistent audience is a laborer (Andrzej Mastalerz) who rather follows each dress rehearsal than watching over his seven-year-old son who has suffered a tragic accident in the factory.

Main Cast

Ivan Trojan

Stary Karamazov

Age : 60 | Popularity : 19%

Igor Chmela

Ivan Karamazov

Age : 53 | Popularity : 16%

Martin Myšička

Age : 54 | Popularity : 25%

David Novotný

Dmitriy Karamazov

Age : 55 | Popularity : 26%

Radek Holub

Smerdyakov

Age : 56 | Popularity : 15%

Lenka Krobotová

Age : 47 | Popularity : 10%

Michaela Badinková

Katya

Age : 45 | Popularity : 17%

Roman Luknár

Director

Age : 59 | Popularity : 30%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Fyodor Dostoevsky
	Theatre Play	Evald Schorm
	Screenplay	Petr Zelenka
Directing	Director	Petr Zelenka
	Stage Director	Lukáš Hlavica
	First Assistant Director	Lukáš Viznar
	Assistant Director	Michal Janošek
Sound	Original Music Composer	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
	Sound	Michal Holubec
Camera	Director of Photography	Alexander Šurkala
Art	Production Design	Barbara Ostapowitz
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Martin Chocholoušek
Editing	Editor	Vladimír Barák
Crew	Stunts	Luděk Jelen
Production	Executive Producer	Barbora Kinkalová Jan Kaczmarski
	Producer	Čestmír Kopecký
	Co-Producer	Karolina Ochab Roman Wikeł Katarzina Adamik Jaroslav Kučera
	Production Manager	Barbora Kinkalová Jan Kaczmarski Jiří Koštýř
Department	Role	Name

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