The Karamazov Brothers
2008 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 1,274 VOTES · DIR. Petr Zelenka
Overview
Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a world without morality? And if so, does patricide even constitute a crime? One of the most interesting adaptations of the material is The Karamazovs by Czech director Petr Zelenka. We witness a group of thesps from Prague on a trip to Krakow in Poland to stage the novel as a play in a derelict steelworks as part of the Closer to Life Festival. The project, however, is born under the bad sign, apparently doomed from the start. When they arrive, the roof is about to cave in, so that the actors are told to wear safety helmets. Their sole consistent audience is a laborer (Andrzej Mastalerz) who rather follows each dress rehearsal than watching over his seven-year-old son who has suffered a tragic accident in the factory.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,143 lines
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00:00:01 They discovered that Dostoevsky's grandson
00:05:04 - A woman knows. -A woman like you knows? -Of course.
00:09:35 You can use the whole space. David, I'm relying on you.
00:13:41 I am supposed to have stolen my children's money!
00:16:47 about a monastery in an eastern province where they keep women.
00:19:57 Comedy, eh? Fine, then let me say this.
00:23:16 I promise my brother will come and ask your forgiveness.
00:27:18 But I urgently need the rest so that can return it to Katerina.
00:31:39 That reject doesn't like you. Actually, he doesn't like anyone.
00:34:37 She runs barefoot, not like your Katerina
00:38:38 for the abuse you suffer from my brother.
00:41:58 He said he'll never set foot here again.
00:48:29 Why do you want me to leave then? God knows what would happen.
00:54:02 The police forced them out. But there are still some Jews.
00:57:42 which was committed this evening.
01:02:53 The doctor said we should go to Syracuse: a favorable climate...
01:07:00 - Both of them. Father and son and... - Go on, please.
01:10:14 ...and then crucified him on a wall. He nailed him there.
01:14:52 To know if your wishes are like his.
01:17:52 - I'm an educated man. - Surely the devil had to help you.
01:22:40 is visited by such an ordinary devil.
01:26:12 that the heart within him would protect him in a moment of danger.
01:29:32 Why didn't you bring forth such an important document earlier?
01:32:37 Then I'll kill myself.