Raskolnikow (film)

Raskolnikow
Directed by	Robert Wiene
Produced by	Hans Neumann
Written by	Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel) Robert Wiene
Starring	Gregori Chmara Elisabeta Skulskaja Alla Tarasova Andrei Zhilinsky
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Production company	Lionardo Film
Release dates	1923
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	Silent

Raskolnikow is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene.^[1] The film is based on the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, whose protagonist is Rodion Raskolnikov. The film's art direction is by André Andrejew.

The film is characterised by Jason Buchanan of Allmovie as a German expressionist view of the story: a "nightmarish" avante-garde or experimental psychological drama.^[2]

Cast

• Gregori Chmara – Rodion Raskolnikow
• Elisabeta Skulskaja – his mother
• Alla Tarasova – his sister
• Andrei Zhilinsky – Rasumichin
• Mikhail Tarkhanov – Marmeladow
• Mariya Germanova – his wife
• Maria Kryshanovskaya – Sonja, his daughter
• Pavel Pavlov – Untersuchungsrichter (investigating judge)
• Toma – Alona Iwanowa, die Wucherin (the usurer)
• Petr Sharov – Swidrigailow
• Ivan Bersenev – ein Kleinbürger (a member of the petite bourgeoisie)

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Raskolnikow". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
2. Buchanan, Jason. "Raskolnikow". Allmovie. Retrieved 2013-06-29.

External links

• Raskolnikow at AllMovie
• Raskolnikow at the Internet Movie Database