The Karamazov Brothers
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.
Crew
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
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Weronika Migoń
Casting
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Kasia Adamik
Co-Producer
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Evald Schorm
Theatre Play
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Lukáš Hlavica
Stage Director
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Petr Zelenka
Director
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Petr Zelenka
Screenplay
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Michal Holubec
Sound
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Alexander Šurkala
Director of Photography
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Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Original Music Composer
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Čestmír Kopecký
Producer
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Jaroslav Kučera
Co-Producer
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Luděk Jelen
Stunts
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Jiří Koštýř
Production Manager
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Vladimír Barák
Editor
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Barbara Ostapowitz
Production Design
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Lukáš Viznar
First Assistant Director
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Roman Wikeł
Co-Producer
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Karolina Ochab
Co-Producer
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Michal Janošek
Assistant Director
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Katarzina Adamik
Co-Producer
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Martin Chocholoušek
Costume Design
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Barbora Kinkalová
Production Manager
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Barbora Kinkalová
Executive Producer
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Jan Kaczmarski
Executive Producer
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Jan Kaczmarski
Production Manager
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