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Crime and Punishment

1935 · 88 min

A brooding, stagey descent into guilt and paranoia, carried by a haunted performance and shadowy, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Tagline
I am Sonya! You don't know who or what I am... the police know! They know I'm in love with a murderer! But a woman like me might still save a man's soul!
Overview
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • morality
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Written by
Joseph Anthony, S.K. Lauren
Starring
Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh, Tala Birell, Elisabeth Risdon, Robert Allen, Douglass Dumbrille, Gene Lockhart
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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