Crime and Punishment (1935)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

15

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Roderick Raskolnikov commits a murder and then deals with the guilt and the police investigation. Based on the Dostoevsky novel, the story is about his psychological state and the detective who pursues him.

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What happens

Crime and Punishment is a 1935 American drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion). Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing that it was "no more related to the true text of the novel than the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower is related to the Russian environment." The Library of Congress holds a print. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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