Movie

The Kreutzer Sonata

Крейцерова соната

The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife.

Screenplay

Vladimir Gardin

Novela

Leo Tolstoy

Director

Vladimir Gardin

Status

Released

Release date

02/11/1914

Original language

Russian