16mm SCOPE Film CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 1969 Russian Movie

"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"

aka Prestupleniye i Nakazaniye

Director: Lev Kulidzhanov

This great Russian adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment comes as close as possible to being the definitive version. It is difficult to believe that anything was left out of this mammoth 220-minute two-part WideScreen film undertaking.

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 Raskolnikov's alibi.

CAST:
Georgi Taratorkin - Raskolnikov
Victoria Fyodorova - Dunya
Tatyana Bedova - Sonja
Yevgeny Lebedev - Marmeladov
Yefim Kopelyan - Svidrigailov
Maya Bulgakova - Catherina

Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim's client), but his outbursts make him the prime suspect of the clever Porfiry. Meanwhile, life swirls around Raskolnikov: his mother and sister come to the city followed by two older men seeking his sister's hand; he meets a drunken clerk who is then killed in a traffic accident, and he falls in love with the man's daughter, Sonia, a young prostitute. She urges him to confess, promising to follow him to Siberia. Will he accept responsibility?

Anyone with a love of Dostoyevsky's classic novel cannot fail to be enraptured by this marvellous film. It captures the heart and soul of that complex tale more closely than any other version.

The scope picture is visually stunning and the casting is immaculate. Some of the performances are quite breathtaking; Georgi Taratorkin is totally convincing as the haunted, conflicted Raskolnikov, depths of emotions playing in his dark, expressive eyes; Maya Bulgakova tugs at the heartstrings as the wretched Katerina Ivanovna; Innokenti Smoktunovsky puts in a masterly performance as Porfiry, playing him with a regretful, fatherly air whilst Tatyana Bedova is simply sublime as a beautiful, fragile, holy Sonia.

It is a darkly claustrophobic film .... a cinematic masterpiece.

This is a VERY RARE ANAMORPHIC print
that requires a special CinemaScope lens
for the proper WideScreen projection!

This UNCUT, AGFA B&W ORIGINAL print is mounted on
THREE 2000 foot reels and one 1600 foot reel... ready to project!
This is a RUSSIAN language movie with ENGLISH subtitles...
COMPLETE with all titles and an Intermission card!

There is no vinegar smell or warping!
The image shown is for illustration only.

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