Writer

Fyodor Dostoevsky

1821 – 1881

Active years (films on this site)

1957–1983

Genres

DramaRomanceCrime

Schools and movements

Slow and Contemplative CinemaItalian Neorealism and AfterScandinavian Cinema

Directors worked with

Robert Bresson2 filmsLuchino Visconti1 filmAki Kaurismäki1 film

Biography

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His Notes from Underground, a novella published in 1864, is considered one of the first works of existentialist literature.

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4 films on this site

1. White Nights 1957 · Luchino Visconti · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
2. A Gentle Woman 1969 · Robert Bresson · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
3. Four Nights of a Dreamer 1971 · Robert Bresson · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
4. Crime and Punishment 1983 · Aki Kaurismäki · IMDb 7.0 · Writer