Crime & punishment
(2003, original release: 1979)
Fiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/CRIME
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Video, 2003
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
6307866934 19767-9, 764315767095
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Videodisc release of the televised adaptation of the novel by Dostoyevsky, first shown on BBC Television in 1979
A desperate and impoverished student named Raskolnikov commits a murder, thinking he is above moral law, but eventually must confront his inner mind and consequences. This is an intense psychological study, terrifying murder mystery, and fascinating detective thriller, instilled with philosophical, religious and social commentary
Screenplay, Jack Pulman ; director, Michael Darlow ; producer, Jonathan Powell
John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Frank Middlemass, Beatrix Lehmann, Timothy West, and Anthony Bate
Not rated
DVD