Crime and Punishment - 2-DVD Set ( Crime & Punishment )

Crime and Punishment - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Crime & Punishment
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Julian Jarrold

Written By:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Tony Marchant

Actors:
Kate Ashfield ..... Dounia
Lara Belmont ..... Sonya Marmeladova
Mark Benton ..... Zosimov
Birgitta Bernhard ..... Landlady
Gemma Bourne ..... Katerina's child
Katrin Cartlidge ..... Katerina Ivanovna
Alice Connor ..... Polya
Shaun Dingwall ..... Razhumikin
David Haig ..... Luzhin
Anna Hope ..... Nastasya
Philip Jackson ..... Marmaladov
Geraldine James ..... Pulcheria
Valerie Lilley ..... Pawnbroker
Ian McDiarmid ..... Porfiry
Sean McKenzie ..... Semyonovich
Roger Morlidge ..... Gunpowder
Svetlana Nemirovskaya ..... Prostitute
Jake Nightingale ..... Artisan
Tim Potter ..... Nikolai
John Simm ..... Raskolnikov
Nigel Terry ..... Svidrigailov
Darren Tighe ..... Zamyotov

Synopsis:

This acclaimed BBC adaptation of Crime and Punishment remains faithful to Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel. Set in St Petersburg in the second half of the 19th century, the psychological thriller tells of a desperate young murderer caught in a web of his own guilt. Rodya Raskolnikov is a poverty-stricken student living among the fetid alleyways and crumbling tenements of St Petersburg. Intense and highly intelligent, Raskolnikov believes he is among a class of men destined for greatness and as such is permitted to breach 'normal' moral values. He decides to test his courage and integrity by killing a pawnbroker, a mean old woman whom he is sure nobody will miss. The murder, however, only serves to draw Raskolnikov into a nightmare world in which he is dogged by guilt, paranoia and alienation. Faced with the wily investigator Porfiry, who sets up a complex series of traps, encounters and onversations, can Raskolnikov escape his own conscience or the seemingly inevitable punishment?

Acclaimed BBC adaptation of Dostoevsky's classic novel. Poverty-stricken ex-student Raskolnikov (John Simm) plans the murder of a hated, local pawnbroker, not only to alleviate his financial problems, but also as an existential exercise, feeling himself to be an extraordinary being, able to commit such acts without guilt, remorse or justification. However, after the bungled murder attempt, Raskolnikov soon suffers psychological problems, alerting investigating detective Porfiry (Ian McDiarmid) to his guilt.

John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 01 March, 2016.

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