Crime and Punishment (1923)

Original title

Raskolnikow

Directed by

Robert Wiene

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Weimar Republic, Germany

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young man commits a murder and then struggles with guilt and paranoia. The story follows his mental breakdown and growing fear of being caught.

tensedarkdreamlikegloomyvisually starkpsychologicalunsettlingclaustrophobic

What happens

Crime and Punishment (German: Raskolnikow) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene. The film is an adaptation of the 1866 novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film is characterised by Jason Buchanan of AllMovie as a German expressionist view of the story: a "nightmarish" avant-garde or experimental psychological drama. It premiered at the Mozartsaal in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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