---
title: 'The Brothers Karamazov (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kirill Lavrov'
released: '1969-01-10'
runtime_minutes: 216
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-brothers-karamazov-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062757/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Brothers Karamazov (1969)

1969 · 216 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: Братья Карамазовы

## Synopsis

The Brothers Karamazov is a 1969 Soviet film directed by Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev and Mikhail Ulyanov. It is based on the 1880 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival, winning Pyryev a Special Prize.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kirill Lavrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirill-lavrov), [Mikhail Ulyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-ulyanov), [Ivan Pyryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-pyryev)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivan Pyryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-pyryev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Isaac Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaac-schwartz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergei Vronsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-vronsky)

## Cast

- [Svetlana Korkoshko](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-korkoshko) as Ekaterina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva
- [Andrey Myagkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-myagkov) as Alyosha Karamazov
- [Mark Prudkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-prudkin) as Fyodor Karamazov
- [Ivan Lapikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lapikov)
- [Andrei Abrikosov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-abrikosov)
- [Pavel Pavlenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-pavlenko) as Father Zosima
- [Valentin Nikulin](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-nikulin) as Pavel Smerdyakov
- [Alexandr Chvylja](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandr-chvylja) as Father Ferapont
- [Lionella Pyreva](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionella-pyreva) as Grushenka Svetlova
- [Nikita Podgorny](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-podgorny) as Mikhail Rakitin
- [Kirill Lavrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirill-lavrov) as Ivan Karamazov
- [Mikhail Ulyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-ulyanov) as Dmitri Karamazov

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