Crime and Punishment

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Movie Info

This French filmization of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment stars Pierre Blanchar as sociopathic student Raskolnikov and Harry Baur as humanist detective Porfiry. Believing himself intellectually above the law, Raskolnikov kills a despicable old shopkeeper. He is certain that he has no conscience to bother him, but he is eventually forced to confront himself by the kindly but diligent Porfiry. The like-vintage Hollywood version of Crime and Punishment ended with Raskolnikov's surrender. The French version (original title: Crime et Chatiment) adheres to the original novel, detailing the student's lifelong search for forgiveness after he is released from prison. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama
Directed By:

Pierre Chenal
Written By:

Pierre Chenal, Marcel Aymé, Christian Stengel, Marcel Aymé
In Theaters:

May 17, 1935 wide
Runtime:

110 minutes
Studio:

Lenauer International Films Inc.

Cast

Harry Baur
as Porphyre

Pierre Blanchar
as Raskolnikov

Madeleine Ozeray
as Sonia

Marcelle Géniat
as Mme. Raskoinikov

Lucienne Lemarchand
as Dounia

Marcelle Géniat
as Mme. Raskolnikov

Alexandre Rignault
as Raxoumikhine

Magdelaine Berubet
as Aliona

Aimé Clariond
as Loujine

Sylvie
as Catherine Ivanovna

Delaitre
as Marmeladov

Paulette Élambert
as Polia

Catherine Hessling
as Elisabeth

Georges Douking
as Nicolas

Claire Gerard
as Nastassia

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Critic Reviews for Crime and Punishment

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M. Chenal's camera takes its stand on the outside, the world's side. It would have been far better to have dropped the realistic approach altogether, to have battered the real theme into us with soliloquies, with aerial voices, with dream imagery.

June 3, 2018 | Full Review…

Graham Greene
The Spectator