Name: Crime and Punishment
Genre: Drama, Historical
Released: 1970
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Cast: Georgi Taratorkin, Irina Gocheva, Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Tatyana Bedova, Yefim Kopelyan

Brief Synopsis

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?

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Prestuplenie i nakazanie, Prestupleniye i nakazaniye

Genre

Drama

Historical

Release Date

1970

Location

Soviet Union

Technical Specs

Duration

3h 20m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Synopsis

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?