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The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov
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Wikipedia article
'The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov' is a 1931 German drama film directed by Erich Engels and Fedor Ozep, starring Fritz Kortner and Anna Sten. It tells the story of a lieutenant who is suspected of having murdered his father. The film is based on motifs from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel 'The Brothers Karamazov'. A separate French version 'The Brothers Karamazov' was produced.
Cast
* Fritz Kortner as Dimitri Karamasoff
* Anna Sten as Gruschenka
* Fritz Rasp as Smerdjakoff
* Bernhard Minetti as Iwan Karamasoff
* Max Pohl as Fedor Karamasoff
* Hanna Waag as Katja
* Fritz Alberti as Gerichtsprsident
* Werner Hollmann as Der Pole
* Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Fenja
Production
The film was produced by Terra Film. Filming took place from 22 October to 24 November 1930. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Victor Trivas.
Reception
The British film critic Raymond Durgnat wrote in a 1993 article about Ozep for 'Film Dope': "The Karamazov film is a 'tour de force' of stylistic eclecticism: expressionist acting (Kortner), dynamic angles, Russian editing, marathon tracking shots. It's a real showpiece of formalism geared to psycho-lyrical ends, exactly as Eisenstein intended, except that Dostoievskian soul-torments replace Leninist collectivism to which the 'official' montage-masters tuned their lyres."
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