Crime and Punishment (1970)
"Prestuplenie i nakazanie" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Lev Kulidzhanov

Writers:

Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel), Nikolai Figurovsky (screenplay),

Stars:

Georgi Taratorkin, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Bedova

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Georgi Taratorkin	...	Raskolnikov
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy	...	Porfiry Petrovitch
Tatyana Bedova	...	Sonya Marmeladova
Viktoriya Fyodorova	...	Avdotya Romanovna
Yefim Kopelyan	...	Svidrigailov
Yevgeni Lebedev	...	Marmeladov
Mayya Bulgakova	...	Yekaterina Ivanovna
Irina Gosheva	...	Pulkheriya Aleksandrovna
Vladimir Basov	...	Luzhin (as V. Basov)
Aleksandr Pavlov	...	Razumikhin (as A. Pavlov)
Lyubov Sokolova	...	Yelizaveta Ivanovna
Inna Makarova	...	Nastasya
Valeri Nosik	...	Zametov (as V. Nosik)
Yuri Medvedev	...	Lebeziatnikov (as Yu. Medvedev)
Evgeniy Lazarev	...	Zosimov (as E. Lazarev)

Storyline

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. Will he accept responsibility?

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Plot Keywords:

remake | murder | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

21 September 1970 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Crime and Punishment

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gorky Film Studios, Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

221 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Rikos ja rangaistus (1983)

User Reviews

I don't need to see another adaptation

I watched this movie when I was a child on TV and I rewatched it now, I think it's wonderful, everything is exactly how I imagined when I was reading the book I'm glad they stuck to the book and like someone said here I don't complain it's too long I wanna see it over and over again. The characters are portrayed very well but most of all I liked Georgi Taratorkin as Raskolnikov. I saw he's even born in Saint Petersburg exactly like the main character he's playing. I didn't see other adaptations even if they are many as I heard because I can imagine how they are... c'mon if you wanna see this you gotta see it made by Russians and in Russian language, it's their territory all the way... (by the way I spent a lot of time translating the subtitles cause the ones I found were very bad but I enjoyed it and it worth every minute) I would like to say more but I want to see it again which I advise you to do it too, bye.