The works of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky are very popular not only in Russia but also abroad. The books of this writer are remarkable for existential ideas, rich language and complexity of human destinies described in them.
Dostoevsky’s works were repeatedly filmed and reinterpreted, and some filmmakers carried the action at the present time, which only contributed to the deepening of the conflict. This article discusses the best film adaptations of the books of this great Russian writer.
10. White nights | 1959
1840s, St. Petersburg. A resident of the big city, the Dreamer is a lonely person who once gets acquainted with Nastya.
Young people walk around the city for several nights and tell each other about their lives.
The dreamer falls in love with a new acquaintance with all the tenderness, passion and spontaneity of his nature. Nastya says that she will become his wife, but then her feelings for her former lover wake up, and the main character again has to suffer from loneliness.
Many viewers note that Lyudmila Marchenko and Oleg Strizhenov perfectly played the heroes of the story: they turned out to be very spiritual and moderately fantastic.
9. Uncle's dream | 1966
The old rich prince arrives in a small provincial town. Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a local celebrity in secular circles, decides to give her daughter Zina for him. However, Mozglyakov, a previously rejected fan of Zinochka, is trying to convince the elderly groom that he only dreamed of matchmaking.
8. Double | 2013
Simon is not noticed at work, and the girl he likes does not even realize this sympathy, because he is afraid to take the first step.
The main character is already starting to think that nothing will change, but one day, James suddenly appears from somewhere, who is very similar to him. He is completely different from Simon: the double is ambitious, self-confident and even more handsome.
In the end, James begins to take Simon’s life to himself. The hero panics, thinks what to do in this difficult situation, and his lover begins to guess something.
7. The Brothers Karamazov | 1968
Fedor Karamazov is a narcissistic and irresponsible landowner who brought to death his wives and appropriated to himself what belonged to one of them.
The sons of the landowner are growing, changing, and he is only busy burning his life. This film adaptation is considered the closest to the book in which the writer managed to "split the human soul."
The main theme of the film is family relations, in which there is no concern for children, as well as the future, present and past of Russia.
6. Bad joke | 1966
Pralinsky, a state adviser, once late in the evening returned home from his guests. Quite by accident, he ended up where his subordinate Pseldonyms married.
Pralinsky, who wants to show his best side, is going to congratulate the bride and groom. However, the Pseldonimov, who did not expect the boss to appear, is gradually losing his mind, thinking about what this visit will turn out to be. The State Councilor, on the other hand, begins to sink to the level of drunken guests, and in the morning he is ashamed of himself.
5. Down House | 2001
In the 90s of the last century, Prince Myshkin returned from Switzerland: a programmer who was treated in a psychiatric clinic. He returns to Russia in order to take the inheritance.
On the way, Myshkin has a new acquaintance, Parfen Rogozhin: a crime boss who loves to chat and yearn for Nastasya Filippovna.
The prince, whose imagination is very rich, falls in love with this unusual girl in absentia.
Social relations in Moscow society are shown in a comedic form, very grotesque, moreover, almost all the heroes do not pay any attention to the framework of "their circle." This gives an even greater comic effect.
4. The teenager | 1983
Arkady Dolgoruky is 19 years old. He is the illegitimate child of Andrei Petrovich Versilov, a noble nobleman.
Arkady was raised by strangers all his life, other children constantly teased him, and the boy grew up very vulnerable and impressionable.
As an adult, he moved to St. Petersburg and began working with the old prince as secretary. As a result, the young man decided that he wants to get everything as quickly as possible: he dreams of innumerable wealth and a high position in society. Arkady wants to achieve his goals with the help of "continuity and perseverance."
3. The idiot | 1958
Prince Myshkin, who restored his health in Switzerland, returns to Russia and very quickly finds himself in the very center of the maelstrom of events.
He meets the merchant Rogozhin, who has long had tender feelings for the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. The girl has to marry Ganya Ivolgin, but she does not want this.
The prince saw Nastasya and immediately fell in love with her. He is sure that this suffering person has already come across somewhere: perhaps in a dream? The girl is conquered by such qualities of the prince as purity and sincerity.
2. Demons | 1992
Nikolai Stavrogin - a favorite of the fair sex, a brilliant nobleman. Pyotr Verkhovensky draws him into a secret society.
Stavrogin, who is a supporter of the theses “the end justifies the means” and “everything is permitted”, very quickly approaches the collapse of the personality. The fate of the hero is extremely tragic.
Dostoevsky tried to convey to the readers the idea that in order to save the soul, one must believe in something great, be clean, open, and strive for enlightenment.
1. Crime and punishment | 1969
Rodion Raskolnikov is a poor student who commits the killing of a bad person and then thinks for a long time about whether he had the right to do this. The young man rushes between despair and hope for the best, unbelief and faith.
Porfiry Petrovich investigates this crime and after a while goes to the student.
Before this, Raskolnikov meets a girl who awakens true love in him, and this feeling becomes his salvation.