Crime and Punishment (1935 film)

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Crime and Punishment (1935 film) is a psychological crime drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, best known for featuring Peter Lorre as the tormented murderer Raskolnikov.

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instanceOf crime drama film
film
psychological drama film
adaptationOf Crime and Punishment
surface form: Crime and Punishment (novel)
basedOn Crime and Punishment
basedOnWorkAuthor Fyodor Dostoevsky
characterRole Roderick Raskolnikov
cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Josef von Sternberg
distributor Columbia Pictures
editedBy Gene Milford
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmIndustry Hollywood
genre crime film
drama film
psychological film
hasTitle Crime and Punishment
languageOfWorkOrName English
musicBy Morris Stoloff
narrativeFocus Crime and Punishment
surface form: tormented murderer Raskolnikov
notableFor featuring Peter Lorre as Raskolnikov
originalLanguage English
partOfFilmographyOf Josef von Sternberg
Peter Lorre
portraysCharacter Edward Arnold as Inspector Porfiry
Marian Marsh as Sonya
Peter Lorre
surface form: Peter Lorre as Roderick Raskolnikov
producer B. P. Schulberg
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDecade 1930s films
releaseYear 1935
runtimeMinutes 88
screenwriter Joseph Anthony
S. K. Lauren
settingLocation St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
sourceMaterialCountryOfOrigin Russian Empire
sourceMaterialGenre psychological novel
starring Douglass Dumbrille
Edward Arnold
Elisabeth Risdon
Marian Marsh
Peter Lorre
Robert Allen
Tala Birell
Thurston Hall

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László Löwenstein notableWork Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
Peter Lorre notableWork Crime and Punishment (1935 film)