Maria Kryshanovskaya

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.

Based on the materials of the Rumyantsev Museum. Drama from the exposé series "Seeking God", dedicated to the sect of "runners". Continuation of the films "Whips" and "White Doves". The movie is preserved without credits.

Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.

From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.