Director:
Petr Zelenka
Run Time: 100 minutes
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND
Year: 2008
Petr Zelenka
Run Time: 100 minutes
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND
Year: 2008
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The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
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This thoroughly intellectual film asks the same question as the Dostoyevsky novel on which it’s based: If people no longer believe in God, is everything permitted? A theater troupe based in Prague has come to a nearly deserted Polish steel factory to rehearse a play based on "The Brothers Karamazov." Part of an alternative festival, the performance will take place in the rusty, godforsaken mill itself. The play is shown in its near entirety, and, as the story unfolds, we observe the real world fates of cast members and factory workers becoming intertwined with it. THE KARAMAZOVS deals with four very different brothers– some religious, some atheists– who are all in some way responsible for the murder of their father. For Dostoyevsky, and for writer-director Petr Zalenka, the tragedy of patricide represents a reversal of the natural order, precipitated by a loss of faith. This film, richly executed by actors from the Dejvicke Theater, is a spiritual drama rooted in moral struggles. Dostoyevsky’s questions of doubt, reason, and free will are, of course, timeless– as relevant now as when he wrote them. (In Czech and Polish with English subtitles) – B.B.
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| Sidebars | Central and Eastern European Film Competition |
| Producer | Cestmir Kopecky, Kasia Adamik, Roman Wikiel, Karolina Ochab |
| Screenplay | Petr Zelenka |
| Cinematography | Alexandr Surkala |
| Editing | Vladimir Barak |
| Music | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| Principal Cast | Ivan Trojan, Igor Chmela, Martin Mysicka, David Novotny, Radek Holub, Andrzej Mastalerz, Lenka Krobotova |
| Director Bio | A graduate of the Czech film school FAMU, Petr Zelenka worked initially as a script editor at the Barrandov Film Studios. In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for "Loners," the top Czech box office hit of that year. He also is a successful playwright, whose work is translated and produced throughout Europe. |
| Select Filmography | "Buttoners" (1998), "Year of the Devil" (2002), "Wrong Side Up" (2005), THE KARAMAZOVS (2008) |
| Print Source |
Karamazovs, The John Riley riley@upcmail.cz www.karamazovi.cz |
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