The Karamazovs

A theatrical group from Prague visits Krakow to stage an adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s “The Karamazovs” in a non-traditional space of a Nowa Huta steel mill during an alternative theatre festival. The actors and the director are in the middle of a rehearsal. One member of the audience expresses an unusual request: he asks the artists to play only for him…

Written by: Petr Zelenka
Director of photography: Alexander Surkala
Music by: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Production design by: Barbara Ostapowicz
Sound: Michal Holubec
Editing: Vladimir Barak
Costume design by: Martin Chocholusek
Production managers: Jan Kaczmarski, Barbora Kinkalova
Produced by: Warsaw Pact Film Production
Co-produced by: Ceska Telewizja
Distributed by: Gutek Film
World sales: John Riley
Country and year of production: Poland, the Czech Republic 2008
Cast: Ivan Trojan (the old Karamazow), Igor Chmela (Ivan), Martin Mysicka (Alyosha), David Novotný (Dymitriy), Radek Holub (Smerdyakov), Lenka Krobotova (Grushenka), Michaela Badinkova (Katerina), Lucie Zackova (Liza), Marek Matejka (Judge/Pole), Jan Kolarik (Snegiyrov), Pavel Simcik (Publican), Roman Luknár (director), Andrzej Mastalerz (serviceman), Adrianna Miara (Kasia), Jerzy Bożyk (pianist), Małgorzata Gałkowska (serviceman’s wife), Jurij Kolva (Dancer), Klara Lidova (Dancer), Jerzy Rogalski (safety officer), Matija Solce (Devil/Puppeteer)
Length: 119 min.