Crime and Punishment (2002)

Directed by

Julian Jarrold

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3h

Rated

15

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former student plans to murder a pawnbroker to solve his money problems and test his belief that he can kill without guilt. After committing the crime, he struggles with paranoia and his own conscience in St. Petersburg.

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What happens

Crime and Punishment is a two-part British television crime drama series based upon the 1866 novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky, which first broadcast on BBC2 on 12 February 2002. The novel was adapted for television by playwright Tony Marchant, and was directed by Julian Jarrold. John Simm stars as Rodya Raskolnikov, a former student who plans the murder of a pawnbroker to alleviate his financial problems, but also as an existential exercise, feeling himself able to commit such acts without guilt, remorse or justification. The series was broadcast over two consecutive nights, airing in the 9:00-10:30pm slot. The series was released on DVD on 25 August 2008, via 2|Entertain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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