The Brothers Karamazov (1969 film)
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The Brothers Karamazov is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Kirill Lavrov
, Ivan Pyryev
and Mikhail Ulyanov
. It is based on the eponymous novel
by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
.
Kirill Lavrov
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was a well-known Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and director.-Childhood:Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born on September 15, 1925, in Leningrad, USSR . He was baptized by the Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Divine in Lavrushinskoe Podvorie Monastery in...
, Ivan Pyryev
Ivan Pyryev
Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev , served as Director of the Mosfilm studios and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry.Pyryev was born in Kamen-na-Obi, now Altai Krai, Russia...
and Mikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov was a Soviet and Russian actor who was one of the most recognizable persons of the post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and received a special prize from the Venice Film Festival in 1982.Mikhail Alexandrovich...
. It is based on the eponymous novel
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880...
by the famous Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....
. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
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- Mikhail UlyanovMikhail UlyanovMikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov was a Soviet and Russian actor who was one of the most recognizable persons of the post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and received a special prize from the Venice Film Festival in 1982.Mikhail Alexandrovich...
as Dmitri - Lionella Pyryeva as Grushenka
- Kirill LavrovKirill LavrovKirill Yuryevich Lavrov was a well-known Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and director.-Childhood:Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born on September 15, 1925, in Leningrad, USSR . He was baptized by the Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Divine in Lavrushinskoe Podvorie Monastery in...
as Ivan - Andrey MyagkovAndrey MyagkovAndrey Vasilyevich Myagkov is a Soviet/Russian film and theater actor. He is best known for his roles in famous films directed by Eldar Ryazanov, such as The Irony of Fate , Office Romance , The Garage and A Cruel Romance .-Biography:Andrey Myagkov was born on July 8, 1938 in Leningrad, USSR...
as AlyoshaAlyosha KaramazovAlyosha Karamazov is the protagonist in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. His full name is given as Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov and he is also referred to as Alyosha, Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Alyoshechka, Alexeichik, Lyosha, and Lyoshenka. He is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers,... - Mark Prudkin as Fyodor Pavlovich
- Svetlana Korkoshko as Yekaterina Ivanovna
- Valentin Nikulin as Smerdyakov
- Pavel Pavlenko as Zosima
- Andrei AbrikosovAndrei AbrikosovAndrei Lvovich Abrikosov was a Soviet stage and film actor. In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. He appeared in 39 films between 1931 and 1972...
as Samsonov - Gennadi YukhtinGennadi YukhtinGennadi Yukhtin is a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1955 and 1991.-Selected filmography:* Ballad of a Soldier * Zhavoronok * The Andromeda Nebula * The Brothers Karamazov...
as Father Paisi - Anatoli Adoskin as Examining magistrate
- Rada Volshaninova as Gipsy
- Tamara NosovaTamara NosovaTamara Nosova was a Soviet and Russian actress, who was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1992. She appeared in 27 films between 1948 and 1999. She was married to writer Vitali Gubarev.-Biography:...
as Marya Kondratyevna - Nikita Podgornyj as Rakitin
- Ivan LapikovIvan LapikovIvan Gerasimovich Lapikov – was a Soviet and Russian actor.-Biography:Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov was born on July 7, 1922 in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn...
as Lyagavyj
See also
- List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film