Synopsis:
Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg, driven to utter desperation by grinding poverty and near-starvation, formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money, afterward falling prey to the torment of his own conscience.Read More »
Alla Tarasova
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Robert Wiene – Raskolnikow AKA Crime and Punishment [Italian] (1923)
1921-1930CrimeGermanyRobert WieneSilentWeimar Republic cinema -
Vladimir Petrov – Pyotr pervyy II AKA Peter the First [Part 2] (1938)
1931-1940DramaUSSRVladimir PetrovDVDRip from print restored by Mosfilm in 1965 according to the credits, it still looks grey. After having read the descriptions below I found it be easy to follow the film without subtitles, the acting, the mise en scène and the cinematography are excellent. There is very little music though, two or three church choruses and folk songs, bits of post romantic orchestral music here and there. And, as been said below, no obvious propaganda.Read More »


