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East of Eden

A modern version of the Cain and Abel story set in New England and California. It examines the passions and cnflicts between brothers and man's ability to control his own destiny.

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  • "John Steinbeck's East of Eden"@en
  • "John Steinbeck's East of Eden"
  • "Cennetin doğusu"

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  • "A modern version of the Cain and Abel story set in New England and California. It examines the passions and cnflicts between brothers and man's ability to control his own destiny."@en
  • "A modern version of the Cain and Abel story set in New England and California.It examines the passions and cnflicts between brothers and man's ability to control his own destiny."
  • "James Dean, the 24-year-old idol-to-be plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favored brother Aron (Richard Davalos)."
  • "Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin boys. Cathy soon deserts the family, showing up later as "Kate," the madam of an upscale brothel. Adam's sons have a relationship that mirrors his own. Adam's business venture fails and depletes the family fortune. One son seeks out his mother, who has been long assumed dead."
  • "Adam and Charles Trask are raised by their stern father to become soldiers. But even as boys, they are at war. Adam's gentle passivity enrages the fiercely competitive Charles, who is sure his father favors Adam. Cathy Ames is beautiful but amoral; she uses the world to get what she wants. When Adam falls under her spell, she becomes a force that will poison both brothers and the future generations of two families."
  • "Adapted from the television mini-series version of the story of three generations of family conflict. Two brothers oppose each other in every way in a modern version of the Cain and Abel story."
  • "Story of conflict between two brothers, spanning three generations of a family."@en
  • "In a California farming valley in 1913, a wild adolescent rebels against his stern father, realizing that he favors his twin brother. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck."@en

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  • "Drama"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Film adaptations"

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  • "East of Eden"
  • "East of Eden"@en
  • "East of eden"
  • "East of Eden [KIT]"

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