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82% Csfd Written by Petr Zelenka Running time 100 minutes Director Petr Zelenka Budget 12 million CZK | 7.7/10 IMDb Directed by Petr Zelenka Release date 2008 (2008) Country Czech Republic Music director Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Screenplay Petr Zelenka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Ivan Trojan
David Novotný
Igor Chmela
Martin Myšička
Radek Holub Initial release 24 April 2008 (Czech Republic) Cast Ivan Trojan, Martin Myšička, Igor Chmela, David Novotný, Radek Holub Similar Year of the Devil, Buttoners, Wrong Side Up, The Brothers Karamazov, Lost in Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Karamazovs (Czech: Karamazovi) is a 2008 Czech film directed by Petr Zelenka with a soundtrack by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. It tells the story of a group of Czech actors who come to Polish steelworks to perform a stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov at an alternative drama festival. As rehearsals get under way, we follow not only the emotional story examining issues of faith, immortality and the salvation of the human soul, but also the relationships within the acting troupe itself, which strangely reflect Dostoevsky’s "great" themes. The stage drama is transferred to the real world when a tragedy occurs during rehearsal involving one of the spectators. Karamazovi won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2008 and was submitted by The Czech Republic for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
