Movie

From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt

2018 1h 42m Released

Music

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.

Cast

Willard White Goryančikov P Pascal Charbonneau Aljeja Štefan Margita Filka N Nicky Spence Tall Prisoner / Nikita A Alexander Vassiliev Prison Governor G Graham Clark Elderly Prisoner