Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment 1970 Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov Преступление и наказание

Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim's client), but his outbursts make him the prime suspect of the clever Porfiry. Meanwhile, life swirls around Raskolnikov: his mother and sister come to the city followed by two older men seeking his sister's hand; he meets a drunken clerk who is then killed in a traffic accident, and he falls in love with the man's daughter, Sonia, a young prostitute. She urges him to confess, promising to follow him to Siberia. Will he accept responsibility?

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Spoken Language Russian

Gnere Drama

Production Company Gorky Film Studios

Release Date 28 September 1970

221 mins