Raskolnikow (film)
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Raskolnikow is a 1923
drama film directed by Robert Wiene
The film is based on the novel Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
1923 in film
-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
drama film directed by Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
The film is based on the novel Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his...
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Cast
- Gregori Chmara as Rodion Raskolnikow
- Elisabeta Skulskaja as His mother
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Marmeladow