This Russian adaptation of Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment packs nearly every pivotal event from the mammoth novel into its 200 minute running time. Georgi Taratorkin stars as Raskolnikov, the impressionable student who believes himself to be above the law-and commits murder to prove his theory. Innokenti Smoktunovskiy, best known for his brilliant interpretation of the title character in the Russian Hamlet (1964), costars as police inspector Porfiry, who humbly but diligently wears down Raskolnikovs alibi. Most cinemadaptations of Crime and Punishment end with the protagonists arrest; this one retains Dostoyevskys lengthy post-prison epilogue, in which Raskolnikov learns at long last how to be a human being.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:14:03 +0000
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