Review of Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff

I just found out that the book,the Brothers Karamazov. is like war and piece.It's complicated.This early version has it condensed. It does have an advance cinema photography technique.The camera moves around in a shaky fashion in the dance sequence at the café, while Gruschenkas,played by Anna Stein, is dancing and teasing Dimitri , played by Fritz Kortner ,Imagine how heavy that camera was.I had through that Fritz's character was killing the servant ,not his daddy, played by Max Pohl.This version was low a bit but it entertaining . They seem to take their time somewhat in their characters. Frtis Rasp,who combs his hair in a funny way, Played one of the illegitimate brothers Smerjakoff. His character is treated like a servant .The father ,played by Pohl,is very vain acting and is selfish with his sons.At this time a film like this was consider to be excellent, but it's no different than John Gilbert film ,"Redemption some slight over acting on Rasp part and some times Kortner .At first I thought He killed his servant.But it was his father.For 1931 this is a good rendition of the classic book.Fritz would eventually be forced to leave Germany cause of his Jewish heritage.He made some British films and three American films. 10/23/12