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(Redirected from Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff) 1931 film

The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov
Directed by
Screenplay by
Based onThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced byEugene Frenke
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited by
Music by
Production
company		Terra Film
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 6 February 1931 (1931-02-06)
Running time91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Budget$100,000
Box office$2 million

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. A French version The Brothers Karamazov was produced separately.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Terra Film and shot at the company's Marienfelde Studios in Berlin. 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."

References

  1. ^ "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". New York Times. 4 November 1937. p. 28.
  2. ^ "Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. MacKenzie, Scott (2003). "Soviet Expansionism: Fedor Ozep's Transnational Cinema" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 12 (2). Film Studies Association of Canada: 97. doi:10.3138/cjfs.12.1.92. ISSN 0847-5911.

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