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Verenigde Staten
Drama
88 minuten

geregisseerd door Josef von Sternberg
met Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold en Marian Marsh

De eigenzinnige student Raskolnikow (Peter Lorre) vermoordt een oude woekeraarster om haar geld. Deze moord betekent voor hem het begin van een nieuw en beter leven, waarin hij denkt zichzelf en de mensheid te kunnen dienen.

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Studio: Columbia

DVD Release Date: 2006


Director: Josef von Sternberg

Principal Cast:
          Peter Lorre,
          Edward Arnold,
          Marian Marsh.


Description
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The story goes that Peter Lorre wanted to star in a film version of Dostoyevsky"s Crime and Punishment, but was certain that Columbia Pictures chieftain Harry Cohn would turn the project down flat. So Lorre hired a secretary to type up a synopsis of the story in words of one syllable then submitted this simplified resume to Cohn. Enthusiastic over the project, Cohn gave Lorre the go-ahead -- but first he asked "Tell me -- has this book got a publisher?" Apocryphal story or no, the fact is that Lorre did star in Columbia"s Crime and Punishment and in the bargain was directed by the ultra-stylish Josef Von Sternberg. As the arrogant sociopath Raskolnikov, who is convinced that he can get away with the murder of a nasty pawnbroker because he is "above" such intangibles as a conscience, Lorre is excellent, especially when his bravado is slowly eroded by the gentle but determined Inspector Porfiri (Edward Arnold).


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 6.04 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 88 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): English | French | Spanish

Subtitles: optional English | French | Spanish | Danish |
                    Finnish | Norwegian | Swedish| Arabic


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