Released:
2018-07-03

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.

Director:
Krzysztof Warlikowski

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Willard White
  as
  Goryančikov
• 
  Pascal Charbonneau
  as
  Aljeja
• 
  Štefan Margita
  as
  Filka
• 
  Nicky Spence
  as
  Tall Prisoner / Nikita
• 
  Alexander Vassiliev
  as
  Prison Governor