The films in Dostoevsky Adapted are presented as a companion piece to the fall 2021 University of Iowa Main Library Gallery exhibition, From Revolutionary Outcast to a Man of God: Dostoevsky at 200, curated by Dr. Anna Barker and as a part of the 2021 Iowa City Book Festival.

Dostoevsky Adapted

About the Series

A selection of big screen adaptations of the great Russian writer's works from his most well known masterpiece with The Brothers Karamazov starring Yul Brenner to La Chinoise, Jean-Luc Godard's reimagining of The Demons set in heart of the French student revolutionary movement of the late 1960s.

The films in Dostoevsky Adapted are presented as a companion piece to the fall 2021 University of Iowa Main Library Gallery exhibition, From Revolutionary Outcast to a Man of God: Dostoevsky at 200, curated by Dr. Anna Barker and as a part of the 2021 Iowa City Book Festival.

Past Films in this Series

WHITE NIGHTS

WHITE NIGHTS

Sun, Oct 24

THE DOUBLE

THE DOUBLE

Wed, Oct 20

LA CHINOISE

LA CHINOISE

Tue, Oct 19

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

Mon, Oct 18

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