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The Brothers Karamazov (1969)

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Original title
Братья Карамазовы
Directed by
Ivan Pyryev, Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Ulyanov
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
3h 36m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Russian film about three brothers and their complicated relationship with their harsh and immoral father. The story explores questions of faith, doubt, and morality as family tensions rise to a breaking point.

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What happens

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 Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, winning Pyryev a Special Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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