Crime and Punishment

7.3
19791h 15m

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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Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 1979

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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1. Part 1

Rodion Raskolnikov, a poor and isolated student, is sure of only one thing: all great men are above the law in all ways. Deeply in debt, he puts his theory to the ultimate test: murder.

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2. Part 2

Raskolnikov, having brutally murdered the old pawnbroker and her half-sister, flees from the scene of crime.

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3. Part 3

Paranoid that Porfiry suspects him, Raskolnikov promises to tell Sonia who killed the pawnbroker and her sister. He has returned to his room, unaware that a greater danger awaits.

Cast

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John Hurt

Rodion Raskolnikov

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Anne Orwin

Nastasya Petrovna

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Siân Phillips

Katerina Ivánovna

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