Crime and Punishment
1970·Drama·3h 41m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov
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Cast
Georgi Taratorkin
Raskolnikov
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Porfiry Petrovitch
Viktoriya Fyodorova
Avdotya Romanovna
Yevgeni Lebedev
Marmeladov
Vladimir Basov
Luzhin
Aleksandr Pavlov
Dmitry Razumikhin
Lyubov Sokolova
Yelizaveta Ivanovna
Efim Kopelyan
Svidrigailov
Tatyana Bedova
Sonya Marmeladova
Inna Makarova
Nastasya
Valeriy Nosik
Zametov
Yuri Medvedev
Lebeziatnikov
Crew
Lev Kulidzhanov
Director
Nikolai Figurovsky
Screenplay
Lev Kulidzhanov
Screenplay
Mikhail Ziv
Original Music Composer
Vyacheslav Shumskiy
Director of Photography
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Elza Rappoport
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
34 reviews
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Chiara Tamborini
8.0★ · 04/16/26
I accidentally watched the wrong version of crime and punishment but ended up being pleasantly surprised. I’ve read the book but I have not watched any other movie adaptation of crime and punishment but I believe this is probably the most accurate depiction of it, especially when it’s 3 and a half hours long. It follows the book practically to a tea, however there are parts of the book that are missing which I find would probably be quite crucial such as Raskolnikov’s dreams as well as the epilogue, which is the most important part of the book. I think they did really good, particularly due to the fact that my guy Raskolnikov BARELY talked in the book with the dialogue happening in his head, but I thought that they were able to achieve something quite great with that in mind. Overall, a solid adaptation of crime and punishment, I quite enjoyed it but if someone who hadn’t read the book watched this, they would probably get a bit confused at times. P.S. the actor for Raskolnikov is lowkey hot ngl.
I accidentally watched the wrong version of crime and punishment but ended up being pleasantly surprised. I’ve read the book but I have not watched any other movie adaptation of crime and punishment but I believe this is probably the most accurate depiction of it, especially when it’s 3 and a half hours long. It follows the book practically to a tea, however there are parts of the book that are missing which I find would probably be quite crucial such as Raskolnikov’s dreams as well as the epilogue, which is the most important part of the book. I think they did really good, particularly due to the fact that my guy Raskolnikov BARELY talked in the book with the dialogue happening in his head, but I thought that they were able to achieve something quite great with that in mind. Overall, a solid adaptation of crime and punishment, I quite enjoyed it but if someone who hadn’t read the book watched this, they would probably get a bit confused at times. P.S. the actor for Raskolnikov is lowkey hot ngl.
AngelEyes
7.0★ · 02/12/26
HTN Raskolnikov Axe-mogs sub-5 pawn broker and her sister but suffers a career ending cortisol spike as a result
Lev Kulidzhanov's Crime and Punishment is generally considered the definitive adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name and it is difficult to contest this, not only does it religiously follow the novel but it also conveys the general vibe of it very well. The very specific grainy black and white camera, the claustrophobic and suffocating environments, the inner monologues and the casting are spot on. While I can't speak on it too much since I haven't read the book, I can instantly look at Georgi Taratonkin and say that it's more or less how one would imagine Raskolnikov in their head, tall, slim, ruggedly handsome and visibly malnourished due to an extended period of living in poverty. He gives a great performance through both his dialogue and his body language and demeanour. The first 30 minutes or so of the film leading up to the murder of the pawnbroker and her sister is incredibly well shot and ominous backed up by a suspenseful score and a consistent incorporation of bells into the background, with the murder itself being quite gruesome and clumsy. The unfolding of the story over the two parts after this mainly focuses on Raskolnikov dealing with crippling guilt while his life is further complicated by the arrival of his mother and sister and his own erratic self-destructive behaviour. I believe that much of my problems with the film actually stem from the book itself, I really do think that it's premise is flawed in many ways, from its rugged and outright false depiction of the philosophy of nihilism or whatever the author confuses to be Nietzschean philosophy, to its evident championing of orthodox Christian morality as the solution to our character's dilemma or just the fact that the entire story is just people in rooms talking incredibly fast in Russian, with many of our characters being shoe ins for various philosophical and moral positions the author wants to attack.
Despite these criticisms, however, I still deem this film to be quite good, in its style as well as its substance but boy is it hard to find a good version of this film anywhere. Since it is a Gorkyfilm production, the intermediate smaller studio between Mosfilm and Lenfilm, the film is much harder to films both in good quality and with English subtitles, so good luck to anyone whose keen on HD films.
Lev Kulidzhanov's Crime and Punishment is generally considered the definitive adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name and it is difficult to contest this, not only does it religiously follow the novel but it also conveys the general vibe of it very well. The very specific grainy black and white camera, the claustrophobic and suffocating environments, the inner monologues and the casting are spot on. While I can't speak on it too much since I haven't read the book, I can instantly look at Georgi Taratonkin and say that it's more or less how one would imagine Raskolnikov in their head, tall, slim, ruggedly handsome and visibly malnourished due to an extended period of living in poverty. He gives a great performance through both his dialogue and his body language and demeanour. The first 30 minutes or so of the film leading up to the murder of the pawnbroker and her sister is incredibly well shot and ominous backed up by a suspenseful score and a consistent incorporation of bells into the background, with the murder itself being quite gruesome and clumsy. The unfolding of the story over the two parts after this mainly focuses on Raskolnikov dealing with crippling guilt while his life is further complicated by the arrival of his mother and sister and his own erratic self-destructive behaviour. I believe that much of my problems with the film actually stem from the book itself, I really do think that it's premise is flawed in many ways, from its rugged and outright false depiction of the philosophy of nihilism or whatever the author confuses to be Nietzschean philosophy, to its evident championing of orthodox Christian morality as the solution to our character's dilemma or just the fact that the entire story is just people in rooms talking incredibly fast in Russian, with many of our characters being shoe ins for various philosophical and moral positions the author wants to attack.
Despite these criticisms, however, I still deem this film to be quite good, in its style as well as its substance but boy is it hard to find a good version of this film anywhere. Since it is a Gorkyfilm production, the intermediate smaller studio between Mosfilm and Lenfilm, the film is much harder to films both in good quality and with English subtitles, so good luck to anyone whose keen on HD films.
HTN Raskolnikov Axe-mogs sub-5 pawn broker and her sister but suffers a career ending cortisol spike as a result
Lev Kulidzhanov's Crime and Punishment is generally considered the definitive adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name and it is difficult to contest this, not only does it religiously follow the novel but it also conveys the general vibe of it very well. The very specific grainy black and white camera, the claustrophobic and suffocating environments, the inner monologues and the casting are spot on. While I can't speak on it too much since I haven't read the book, I can instantly look at Georgi Taratonkin and say that it's more or less how one would imagine Raskolnikov in their head, tall, slim, ruggedly handsome and visibly malnourished due to an extended period of living in poverty. He gives a great performance through both his dialogue and his body language and demeanour. The first 30 minutes or so of the film leading up to the murder of the pawnbroker and her sister is incredibly well shot and ominous backed up by a suspenseful score and a consistent incorporation of bells into the background, with the murder itself being quite gruesome and clumsy. The unfolding of the story over the two parts after this mainly focuses on Raskolnikov dealing with crippling guilt while his life is further complicated by the arrival of his mother and sister and his own erratic self-destructive behaviour. I believe that much of my problems with the film actually stem from the book itself, I really do think that it's premise is flawed in many ways, from its rugged and outright false depiction of the philosophy of nihilism or whatever the author confuses to be Nietzschean philosophy, to its evident championing of orthodox Christian morality as the solution to our character's dilemma or just the fact that the entire story is just people in rooms talking incredibly fast in Russian, with many of our characters being shoe ins for various philosophical and moral positions the author wants to attack.
Despite these criticisms, however, I still deem this film to be quite good, in its style as well as its substance but boy is it hard to find a good version of this film anywhere. Since it is a Gorkyfilm production, the intermediate smaller studio between Mosfilm and Lenfilm, the film is much harder to films both in good quality and with English subtitles, so good luck to anyone whose keen on HD films.
Lev Kulidzhanov's Crime and Punishment is generally considered the definitive adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name and it is difficult to contest this, not only does it religiously follow the novel but it also conveys the general vibe of it very well. The very specific grainy black and white camera, the claustrophobic and suffocating environments, the inner monologues and the casting are spot on. While I can't speak on it too much since I haven't read the book, I can instantly look at Georgi Taratonkin and say that it's more or less how one would imagine Raskolnikov in their head, tall, slim, ruggedly handsome and visibly malnourished due to an extended period of living in poverty. He gives a great performance through both his dialogue and his body language and demeanour. The first 30 minutes or so of the film leading up to the murder of the pawnbroker and her sister is incredibly well shot and ominous backed up by a suspenseful score and a consistent incorporation of bells into the background, with the murder itself being quite gruesome and clumsy. The unfolding of the story over the two parts after this mainly focuses on Raskolnikov dealing with crippling guilt while his life is further complicated by the arrival of his mother and sister and his own erratic self-destructive behaviour. I believe that much of my problems with the film actually stem from the book itself, I really do think that it's premise is flawed in many ways, from its rugged and outright false depiction of the philosophy of nihilism or whatever the author confuses to be Nietzschean philosophy, to its evident championing of orthodox Christian morality as the solution to our character's dilemma or just the fact that the entire story is just people in rooms talking incredibly fast in Russian, with many of our characters being shoe ins for various philosophical and moral positions the author wants to attack.
Despite these criticisms, however, I still deem this film to be quite good, in its style as well as its substance but boy is it hard to find a good version of this film anywhere. Since it is a Gorkyfilm production, the intermediate smaller studio between Mosfilm and Lenfilm, the film is much harder to films both in good quality and with English subtitles, so good luck to anyone whose keen on HD films.
Logie B
9.0★ · 08/21/25
Officially unemployed 😈
Officially unemployed 😈
Reki
7.0★ · 05/25/25
Lowkey ruined my Sunday evening
Lowkey ruined my Sunday evening