Crime and Punishment (1935 American film)
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Film still with Tala Birell and Douglass Dumbrille
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| Directed by | Josef von Sternberg |
| Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
| Written by |
Joseph Anthony S.K. Lauren |
| Based on |
Crime and Punishment 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Starring |
Peter Lorre Edward Arnold Marian Marsh Tala Birell Gene Lockhart Mrs Patrick Campbell |
| Music by | R.H. Bassett Louis Silvers |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Richard Cahoon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Crime and Punishment is a 1935 film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion).
Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing 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."
The Library of Congress holds a print.
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