Brothers Karamazov, The

Mr. Durang had made an experimental film of sorts inspired by “The Brothers Karamazov,” the Dostoyevsky novel.

������ follows is a discussion about Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, the final selection in Slate’s Year of Great Books.

In Dostoevsky's great metaphysical whodunit, The Brothers Karamazov, the main philosophical point of the novel - inasmuch as it has one - comes early on.

"I had to reread three big Russian novels: 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Idiot' and 'Anna Karenina,'" she said.

Actress Olga Kurylenko, who plays the film's central role, said Malick asked her to read three novels from the Russian canon, "The Brothers Karamazov," "The Idiot," and "Anna Karenina."