Crime and Punishment

“I am Sonya! You don't know who or what I am... the police know! They know I'm in love with a murderer! But a woman like me might still save a man's soul!”

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Screenplay

Joseph Anthony

Screenplay

S.K. Lauren

Novela

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Status

Released

Release date

22/11/1935

Original language

English