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Bookmark this pageCrime and Punishment (1935)
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Far from Sternberg's best, but still a fairly impressive, if overly condensed, adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel. Lorre is highly effective as the arrogant Raskolnikov, committing a murder and then battling it out both with his conscience and with police inspector Arnold. The strongest scenes, in fact, are those dealing with the cat-and-mouse games between the two men, although the whole thing benefits from Lucien Ballard's characteristically fine photography. Of course it falls a long way short of the book in terms of philosophical import and characterisation, but it's pretty compelling nevertheless.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Producer: BP Schulberg
Cast: Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh, Tala Birell, Elisabeth Risdon, Mrs Patrick Campbell full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 88 mins
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