The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov
| The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Erich Engels Fedor Ozep |
| Produced by | Eugene Frenke |
| Screenplay by |
Erich Engels Leonhard Frank Fedor Ozep Victor Trivas |
| Music by |
Karol Rathaus Kurt Schröder |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by |
Fedor Ozep Hans von Passavant |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | $100,000[1] |
| Box office | $2 million[1] |
The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (German: Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff) 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.[2]
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 Gerichtspräsident
- Werner Hollmann as Der Pole
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Fenja
Production
The film was produced through Terra-Film AG. Filming took place from 22 October to 24 November 1930.[2]
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."[3]
References
- 1 2 NEWS OF THE SCREEN: Warners Seek to Settle Dispute With Cagney--Garbo film, 'Conquest,' Opens Here Today Of Local Origin Role for Cary Grant Warners Borrow Bellamy Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 04 Nov 1937: 28.
- 1 2 "Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
- ↑ MacKenzie, Scott (2003). "Soviet Expansionism: Fedor Ozep's Transnational Cinema" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Film Studies. Film Studies Association of Canada. 12 (2): 97. ISSN 0847-5911.