Crime and Punishment (1970 film)
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступление и наказание) is a 1970 Soviet drama film in two parts directed by Lev Kulidzhanov, based on the eponymous 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
| Crime and Punishment | |
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| Directed by | Lev Kulidzhanov |
| Written by | Lev Kulidzhanov Nikolai Figurovsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel) |
| Starring | Georgy Taratorkin Innokenty Smoktunovsky Tatyana Bedova Victoria Fyodorova |
| Music by | Mikhail Ziv |
| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Shumsky |
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Release date | 21 September 1970 |
Running time | 221 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
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.
Cast
- Georgy Taratorkin as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
- Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Porfiry Petrovitch
- Tatyana Bedova as Sonya Marmeladova
- Victoria Fyodorova as Avdotya Romanovna
- Yefim Kopelyan as Svidrigailov
- Yevgeni Lebedev as Marmeladov
- Maya Bulgakova as Yekaterina Ivanovna
- Irina Gosheva as Pulkheriya Aleksandrovna
- Vladimir Basov as Luzhin
- Aleksandr Pavlov as Razumikhin
- Vladimir Belokurov as Innkeeper
- Inna Makarova as Nastasya
- Sergei Nikonenko as Nikolai
- Valery Nosik - Zametov
- Dzidra Ritenberga - Luiza Ivanovna
- Ivan Ryzhov as Tit Vasilievich
- Yuri Sarantsev as Lieutenant 'Powder'
- Lyubov Sokolova as Yelizaveta
- Vladimir Nosik as tavern servant