![]() ![]() Dostoevsky is convinced that without weaving one’s way through temptation and terrible hardships, without running against moral absolutes, it’s impossible to repent. ![]() And yet, the million-dollar question is what are the existential consequences of the crime and how to live with it. We know from the very beginning who killed whom, where, when, why - and even how. ‘Crime and Punishment’ is Dostoevsky’s most perfect crime novel with a psychological twist. ![]() He was a true original who pushed the boundaries of the genre, and of human expectation and ambition, too. In retrospect, his crime proves to be worse than the creepiest nightmare.ĭostoevsky never sought to be a crowd pleaser. ![]() “Am I a trembling creature or have I the right,” he unceremoniously asks himself, trying to figure out whether he is “a louse, like everyone else, or a human being?” It’s a done deal when the 23-year-old murders an old pawnbroker lady with an axe, for the sake of a moral experiment. Rodion Raskolnikov is a morally ambiguous young man, who allows himself to shed “blood according to conscience”. Vladimir Koshevoi stars as Rodion Raskolnikov.ĭmitry Svetozarov/The ASDS Film Studio, 2007 ![]()
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