Raskolnikov (1923)

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Movie
Original title Raskolnikov
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1923
length 88 minutes
Rod
Director Robert Wiene
script Robert Wiene
production Hans Neumann
camera Willy Goldberger
occupation

Raskolnikow is a German feature film directed by Robert Wiene from 1923 . It is kept in the style of Expressionism and essentially follows its model, the novel Guilt and Atonement by Fyodor Dostoyevsky .

action

Raskolnikow, a law student, kills an old pawnbroker out of greed, as well as the woman's sister who was added to cover up his act. Plagued by his conscience, he confesses his act to Sonja, the daughter of the Marmeladow family, with whom he is in love and with whom he lives. Father Marmeladow has succumbed to alcoholism, his wife is desperate about it, Sonja goes into prostitution to get the family money.

Petrovich, charged with investigating the murder, suspects Raskolnikov and uses his interrogation methods to drive him to the brink of admission of guilt. A religious fanatic, however, confesses to the murder and then kills himself. Sonja urges Raskolnikov to admit his guilt even more. He turns.

Remarks

Raskolnikow is after The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Genuine Robert Wienes third expressionist film and at the same time the second high point of his work. The buildings are by Andrej Andrejew , who designed an angled and distorted decor in the style of the Caligari film. The actors all come from the Moscow Art Theater MChAT by Stanislavski .

literature

  • Fred Gehler Raskolnikow . In Günther Dahlke, Günther Karl (Hrsg.): German feature films from the beginnings to 1933. A film guide. Henschel Verlag, 2nd edition, Berlin 1993, p. 91 f. ISBN 3-89487-009-5

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