The Karamazov Brothers (film)

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2008 Czech film

The Karamazov Brothers

Directed by	Petr Zelenka
Written by	Petr Zelenka
Produced by	Cestmír Kopecký
Starring	Ivan Trojan David Novotný Igor Chmela Martin Myšička Radek Holub
Cinematography	Alexander Surkala
Edited by	Vladimír Barák
Music by	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Release date	April 24, 2008 (2008-04-24)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Languages	Czech Polish
Budget	12,000,000 Czech koruna (€480,000)

The Karamazov Brothers (Czech: Karamazovi) is a 2008 Czech film directed by Petr Zelenka, with a soundtrack by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek.

Plot summary

The film tells the story of a group of Czech actors who come to Polish steelworks to perform a stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov at an alternative drama festival. As rehearsals get under way, we follow not only the emotional story examining issues of faith, immortality, and the salvation of the human soul, but also the relationships within the acting troupe itself, which strangely reflect Dostoevsky's "great" themes. The stage drama is transferred to the real world when a tragedy occurs during rehearsal involving one of the spectators.

Cast

Michaela Badinková as Katya
Igor Chmela as Ivan Karamazov
Radek Holub as Smerdyakov
Lenka Krobotová as Grushenka
David Novotný as Dmitriy Karamazov
Ivan Trojan as Stary Karamazov
Martin Myšička as Alyosha Karamazov
Jerzy Michal Bozyk as Pianist
Malgorzata Galkowska

Awards and recognition

Karamazovi won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2008 and was submitted by The Czech Republic for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

References

"The Karamazov Brothers (Karamazovi)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

External links

Official website
Karamazovi at IMDb

v t e Petr Zelenka
Films directed	Buttoners (1997) Year of the Devil (2002) Wrong Side Up (2005) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Lost in Munich (2015) Droneman (2020)
Plays	Tales of Common Insanity (2001)

v t e Czech Lion for Best Film
Big Beat (1993) Thanks for Every New Morning (1994) The Garden (1995) Kolya (1996) Buttoners (1997) Sekal Has to Die (1998) The Idiot Returns (1999) Divided We Fall (2000) Little Otik (2001) Year of the Devil (2002) Boredom in Brno (2003) Up and Down (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) I Served the King of England (2006) Little Girl Blue (2007) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Protector (2009) Walking Too Fast (2010) Poupata (2011) In the Shadow (2012) Burning Bush (2013) The Way Out (2014) The Snake Brothers (2015) A Prominent Patient (2016) Ice Mother (2017) Winter Flies (2018) The Painted Bird (2019) Charlatan (2020) Zátopek (2021) Il Boemo (2022) Brothers (2023)

Czech Lion for Best Film

Big Beat (1993)
Thanks for Every New Morning (1994)
The Garden (1995)
Kolya (1996)
Buttoners (1997)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Little Otik (2001)
Year of the Devil (2002)
Boredom in Brno (2003)
Up and Down (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
I Served the King of England (2006)
Little Girl Blue (2007)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Protector (2009)
Walking Too Fast (2010)
Poupata (2011)
In the Shadow (2012)
Burning Bush (2013)
The Way Out (2014)
The Snake Brothers (2015)
A Prominent Patient (2016)
Ice Mother (2017)
Winter Flies (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Charlatan (2020)
Zátopek (2021)
Il Boemo (2022)
Brothers (2023)

v t e Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
Characters	Alyosha Karamazov Fyodor Karamazov Ivan Karamazov Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov
Films	The Brothers Karamazov (1958) The Brothers Karamazov (1969) The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Related	The Grand Inquisitor

v t e Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Faust (1994) Thanks for Every New Morning (1995) Kolya (1996) Forgotten Light (1997) Sekal Has to Die (1998) The Idiot Returns (1999) Divided We Fall (2000) Dark Blue World (2001) The Wild Bees (2002) Želary (2003) Up and Down (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) Lunacy (2006) I Served the King of England (2007) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Protector (2009) Kawasaki's Rose (2010) Alois Nebel (2011) In the Shadow (2012) The Don Juans (2013) Fair Play (2014) Home Care (2015) Lost in Munich (2016) Ice Mother (2017) Winter Flies (2018) The Painted Bird (2019) Charlatan (2020) Zátopek (2021) Il Boemo (2022) Brothers (2023) Waves (2024)

Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Faust (1994)
Thanks for Every New Morning (1995)
Kolya (1996)
Forgotten Light (1997)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Dark Blue World (2001)
The Wild Bees (2002)
Želary (2003)
Up and Down (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
Lunacy (2006)
I Served the King of England (2007)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Protector (2009)
Kawasaki's Rose (2010)
Alois Nebel (2011)
In the Shadow (2012)
The Don Juans (2013)
Fair Play (2014)
Home Care (2015)
Lost in Munich (2016)
Ice Mother (2017)
Winter Flies (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Charlatan (2020)
Zátopek (2021)
Il Boemo (2022)
Brothers (2023)
Waves (2024)

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