Crime and Punishment

1979 - 1979

Part 1

22nd May 1979

Episode 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.

Part 2

29th May 1979

Episode 2

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

Part 3

5th June 1979

Episode 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.

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John Hurt•Anne Orwin•Siân Phillips

Crime Drama

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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Full Cast

John Hurt

Rodion Raskolnikov

Anne Orwin

Nastasya Petrovna

Siân Phillips

Katerina Ivánovna

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Fiona Glassbrook

Polenka Ivánovna

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Nicky Stoter

Kolya Ivánovna

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Francesca Gerrard

Lida Ivánovna

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Robin Fraser-Paye

Costume Design

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Kenneth MacMillan

Director of Photography

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Chick Anthony

Sound

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Tony Abbott

Production Design

Jonathan Powell

Producer

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Francis Shaw

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Betty Willingale

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