Crime and Punishment (2002 film)

Crime and Punishment
Directed by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Evgeny Afineevsky Vladislav Dolzhenko Menahem Golan Ivan Mendzheritsky Galina Tuchinsky
Written by	Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel) Menahem Golan Joseph Goldman
Starring	Crispin Glover Vanessa Redgrave John Hurt Margot Kidder
Music by	Robert O. Ragland
Cinematography	Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
Editing by	Carolle Alain
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer New Cannon
Release date(s)	June 2002 (Russia)
Running time	126 min
Country	United States Poland Russia
Language	English

Crime and Punishment is a 2002 film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name. The film starred Crispin Glover and Vanessa Redgrave and was directed by Menahem Golan.

Bold text==Plot== In 20th century Moscow Raskolnikov acts out the arrogant theory that he can neglect all laws and proceeds to murder a woman. But he is unable to extinguish the victim from his mind and is plagued by his ceaseless rationalization of his decision.

Cast

• Crispin Glover as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
• Vanessa Redgrave as Rodion's mother
• John Hurt as Porfiry, chief investigator
• Margot Kidder as Mrs. Katerina Marmeladova
• Philip Jackson (actor) as Marmeladov, Sonia's alcoholic father
• Sophie Ward as Dunia, Rodion's sister
• Patricia Hayes as Alyona Ivanovna, old pawnbroker
• Theodore Bikel as Captain Koch
• Clive Revill as Zamyotov
• Shaun Dingwall as Razumikhin, Rodion's friend
• Avital Dicker as Sonia Marmeladova, prostitute
• Ron Perlman as Dusharo.

Release

The release of the film has been restricted by legal matters that left it seized in a bankruptcy lien.

External links

• Crime and Punishment (2002) at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer