The Grand Inquisitor

The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov produced by the Open University.

Cast

John Gielgud

as Inquisitor

Michael Feast

as Prisoner

Victor Hooper

as Guard

John Dolan

as Scribe

Mark Ezra

as Acolyte

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