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Crime and Punishment (1951)

Crime and Punishment poster
Original title
Crimen y castigo
Directed by
Fernando de Fuentes
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man murders an old woman and then tries to justify his actions. The story follows his guilt and the police investigation in a modern Mexico City.

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What happens

Crime and Punishment (Spanish:Crimen y castigo) is a 1951 Mexican film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Roberto Cañedo, Lilia Prado and Carlos López Moctezuma. It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, with the setting updated to a contemporary Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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