Directed by:
Petr ZelenkaCinematography:
Alexander ŠurkalaComposer:
Jan A.P. KaczmarekCast:
Ivan Trojan, Igor Chmela, Martin Myšička, David Novotný, Radek Holub, Lenka Krobotová, Michaela Badinková, Lucie Žáčková, Marek Matějka, Jan Kolařík (more)Plots(1)
The story of Petr Zelenka’s movie The Karamazovs takes place in contemporary Poland. A group of actors from Prague, led by a play director, arrive in Krakow to present a theatrical adaptation of Dostoyevski’s novel The Brothers Karamazov at an alternative festival organized in the unconventional environment of a steel mill. The theatrical play, the plot of which evolves around a patricide investigation, tells the story of debaucher and cynic Fyodor Karamazov and his four sons. The issues of faith, immortality, and the redemption of man present themselves as the powerful emotions of love, jealousy, and hatred play out on the makeshift stage of the dilapidated mill. Simultaneous with the rehearsal we observe story lines from the real world, of the cast, and of those who still work in this steel mill. Sometimes the effect is comic, but tragedy waits in the wings. A factory maintenance man learns during the rehearsal that his son, who is in the hospital due to an accident at the mill, has died. The rehearsal continues at the man's request. Suddenly the biggest drama does not take place on stage but in the audience… (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ivan Trojan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Igor Chmela
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Martin Myšička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
David Novotný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Radek Holub
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Cow (1993)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Lenka Krobotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Michaela Badinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Karamazovs (2008)
Za mestskými múrmi (1998) (series)
Velkofilm (2007) (TV movie)
Lucie Žáčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
The Karamazovs (2008)
Marek Matějka
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Karamazovs (2008)
Walking Too Fast (2009)
Alois Nebel (2011)
Jan Kolařík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Balada pro banditu (2012) (theatrical recording)
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Pavel Šimčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Roman Luknár
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
The Karamazovs (2008)
Andrzej Mastalerz
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Europa Europa (1990)
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Klára Lidová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Karamazovs (2008)
Wrong Side Up (2005)
Laskavý divák promine (1994) (series)
Jerzy Rogalski
Poland
Best movies:
Hatred (2016)
The Karamazovs (2008)
Carte Blanche (2015)
Matija Solce
Best movies:
The Karamazovs (2008)
Jan Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jak jsem se ztratil aneb Malá vánoční povídka (2002) (theatrical recording)
Lhář (2005) (theatrical recording)