Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)

Crime and Punishment
Promotional poster
Directed byJosef von Sternberg
Written by
Based onCrime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced byB.P. Schulberg
Starring
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byRichard Cahoon
Music by
Production
company
B.P. Schullberg Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 21, 1935 (1935-11-21)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Crime and Punishment is a 1935 American drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures.[1] The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion).

Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing that it was "no more related to the true text of the novel than the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower is related to the Russian environment."[2]

The Library of Congress holds a print.[3]

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Crime and Punishment
  2. ^ IMDB trivia
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.37 c.1978 by American Film Institute

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