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From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt (2018)

Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski

Overview

Posthumously premiered in 1930, From the House of the Dead derives from Dostoevsky’s autobiographical 1862 novel that drew on his experience as a political prisoner in Siberia. Janáček focuses on Dostoevsky’s idea of the “spark of God” in every human being that has the potential to redeem even the most hardened criminal.

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Graham Clark | Natascha Petrinsky | Alexander Vassiliev | Willard White | Peter Hoare | Florian Hoffmann | John Graham-Hall | Štefan Margita | Nicky Spence | Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts | Ivan Ludlow | Alexander Kravets | Pavlo Hunka | Pascal Charbonneau | Ales Jenis | Alejandro Fonte