The Karamazovs

Name: The Karamazovs
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-10-16
Cast: Ivan Trojan, Radek Holub, Igor Chmela, Roman Luknár, David Novotný

Director Petr Zelenka, in both his chosen theme and form, has come up with an exceptional piece, oscillating between fiction and documentary and centred on the successful production presented by Prague’s Dejvice Theatre.

Karamazovi

Petr Zelenka

Czechia, Poland 2008

Czech

110 min.

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This film is available until 31. 7. 2024 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.

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A theatre company from Prague arrives in Cracow to present a stage adaptation of Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov at the city’s alternative drama festival; the production is to be staged in an unusual venue – the local steelworks. 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.

Credits

Director: Petr Zelenka

Based on: Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij, Evald Schorm

Screenplay: Petr Zelenka

Cinematography: Alexander Šurkala

Music: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Sound: Michal Holubec

Editing: Vladimír Barák

Production Design: Barbara Ostapowitz

Producer: Čestmír Kopecký

Co-production: Karolina Ochab, Roman Wikeł, Katarzina Adamik, Jaroslav Kučera

Costumes: Martin Chocholoušek

Cast: Ivan Trojan, Radek Holub, Igor Chmela, Roman Luknár, David Novotný, Martin Myšička, Andrzej Mastalerz, Lenka Krobotová, Pavel Šimčík, Michaela Badinková

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