Crime and Punishment (1935)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 28min
- Crime, Drama
- 11 Jan 1936 (Sweden)
- Movie
Man is haunted by a murder he's committed.
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Cast verified as complete
| Peter Lorre | ... |
Roderick Raskolnikov
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| Edward Arnold | ... |
Insp. Porfiry
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| Marian Marsh | ... |
Sonya
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| Tala Birell | ... |
Antonya Raskolnikov
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| Elisabeth Risdon | ... |
Mrs. Raskolnikov
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| Robert Allen | ... |
Dmitri
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| Douglass Dumbrille | ... |
Grilov
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| Gene Lockhart | ... |
Lushin
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Charles Waldron | ... |
University president
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| Thurston Hall | ... |
Editor
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| Johnny Arthur | ... |
Clerk
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| Mrs. Patrick Campbell | ... |
Pawnbroker
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A. Gest | ... |
Clerk
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| Edith Arnold | ... |
Nastasya (uncredited)
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Michael Arshasky | ... |
Clerk (uncredited)
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| George Blagoi | ... |
Clerk (uncredited)
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| Nana Bryant | ... |
Madam (uncredited)
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Davison Clark | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Frank Fanning | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Al Ferguson | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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Sheldon Jett | ... |
Tenant who discovers body (uncredited)
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| Lorimer Johnston | ... |
Bit (uncredited)
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| George Lloyd | ... |
Bit (uncredited)
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| Michael Mark | ... |
Painter / prisoner (uncredited)
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George McKay | ... |
Bit (uncredited)
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| Robert Middlemass | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Gene Morgan | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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Harry Neilman | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Rafaela Ottiano | ... |
Landlady (uncredited)
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| Rita Owin | ... |
Reception Clerk (uncredited)
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| Russ Powell | ... |
Porter (uncredited)
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| Hal Price | ... |
Porter (uncredited)
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| Jack Richardson | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Peter Seal | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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| Harry Semels | ... |
Porter (uncredited)
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| Kathryn Sheldon | ... |
Bit (uncredited)
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Cecil Weston | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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Robert Wilber | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Josef von Sternberg | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
| S.K. Lauren | ... | (screen play) and |
| Joseph Anthony | ... | (screen play) |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky | ... | (novel "Crime and Punishment") (as Dostoievsky, Feodor Dostoievsky) |
Produced by
| B.P. Schulberg | ... | producer |
Music by
| R.H. Bassett | ... | (uncredited) |
| Louis Silvers | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Lucien Ballard | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
| Richard Cahoon | ||
Set Decoration by
| Stephen Goosson | ||
Costume Design by
| Murray Mayer | ||
Art Department
| Moje Åslund | ... | poster artist: Sweden |
Sound Department
| Lodge Cunningham | ... | sound engineer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Louis Silvers | ... | musical director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1935) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1935) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Mexico (1936) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Orbis-Filmverleih (1936) (Austria) (theatrical)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1992) (Australia) (video)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Sony Pictures Television (2002) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Sony Pictures Television International (2005) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2015) (United States) (DVD) (for Columbia Pictures)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (approved: certificate no. 1625)
- Western Electric (noiseless sound recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. When he sees a desperate prostitute, Sonya, degraded by a vicious pawnbroker, Raskolnikov, a proponent of the idea that some people are imbued with such intelligence that the law cannot be applied to them as to other people, decides to rid the world of the pawnbroker and thus save his family and Sonya as well from the fate poverty forces on them. When Porphiry, the police detective investigating the murder, encounters Raskolnikov, he finds a man nearly crippled by the guilt and paranoia his deed has burdened him with. But Raskolnikov clings with as much coldness and calculation as he can muster to his guiding idea, that some crimes ought not to be punished.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Josef von Sternberg was contractually obligated to make this film, and he disliked it, saying in his autobiography 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." See more » |
| Goofs | Raskolnikov asks for "30 rubles, not a penny more, not a penny less". A penny is equal to 1/100th of such currencies as the dollar and the pound. What he meant was "kopek", the Russian unit of currency equal to 1/100th of a ruble, something he and other characters would know. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Love and Death (1975). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | One of the credits reads "Story by Dostoievsky". There is an asterisk next to this credit, and at the bottom it says, "Feodor Dostoievsky, Russia's foremost author, wrote 'Crime and Punishment' in 1866'". See more » |
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Landlady:
Good afternoon. We haven't seen much of you these past two days. Have you been praying or only fasting? Roderick Raskolnikov: I've been contemplating life. Landlady: You better contemplate the rent! I haven't had a penny out of you in six months! How much longer do you expect me to wait? See more » |