Crime and Punishment (TV series 2007)

The plot of the series as a whole follows the plot of the novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment . It unfolds around the main character, Rodion Raskolnikov, in whose head the theory of crime matures. According to Raskolnikov’s theory, all of humanity is divided into “the right of those who have” and “creatures trembling.” The “right having” have the right to commit murder for the sake of future great achievements. Raskolnikov is very poor, he cannot pay for university studies and his own living. His mother and sister are also poor, he soon learns that his sister (Dunya Raskolnikova) is ready to marry a man whom she does not like, for the sake of money, to help her family. This was the last straw, and Raskolnikov commits the deliberate murder of an old woman-interest-bearer (“ louse ” by his definition) and the forced murder of her sister, a witness. But Raskolnikov cannot take advantage of the stolen goods; he hides it. From this time on, the terrible life of a restless criminal begins, the feverish consciousness of which is trying to find support and meaning in life, to find an excuse for the act. Fate confronts him with a lonely, frightened, poor girl in whom he finds a soul mate and support - Sonia Marmeladova, who is forced to live with a yellow ticket . Sonia, who believes in God, is trying to somehow survive in life, having lost her father, and later her stepmother (she lost her mother in her early childhood). Raskolnikov also finds support in a university friend Razumikhin, in love with his sister Avdotya Romanovna. Characters appear, such as investigator Porfiry Petrovich, who wittily brought him to clean water; Svidrigailov, an odious character, clearly not in the habit of controlling his motives; lawyer Luzhin, a cunning egoist , and others. The series reveals the social and psychological causes of crimes and calamities, moral contradictions, depressing circumstances of the fall, describes the life of the St. Petersburg poor. Throughout the series, Raskolnikov is trying to understand whether he is a worthy person, whether he has the right to judge other people. Unable to bear the burden of his crime, the protagonist confesses to the murder. However, he blames himself not for having committed the murder, but for having gone to him, not appreciating his inner weakness. Raskolnikov is sent to hard labor , but Sonya remains with him. These two lonely people found each other in a very difficult period of life for both. In the end, the hero refuses to claim to be “chosen” and finds support in his love for Sonya.

• Vladimir Koshevoy - Rodion Raskolnikov
• Polina Filonenko - Sonya Marmeladova
• Andrey Panin - Porfiry Petrovich
• Alexander Baluev - Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov
• Elena Yakovleva - Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova
• Ekaterina Vasilyeva - Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova
• Yuri Kuznetsov - Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov
• Svetlana Smirnova - Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova
• Vera Karpova - old woman-interest
• Svetlana Obidina - Lizaveta
• Zoya Buryak - Nastasya
• Andrey Zibrov - Luzhin Petr Petrovich
• Sergey Peregudov - Dmitry Prokofievich Razumikhin
• Valentin Bukin - innkeeper
• Sergey Bekhterev - Andrey Semenovich Lebezyatnikov
• Evgeny Sirotin - Zosimov
• Tatyana Polonskaya - Lippevechsel
• Anatoly Rudakov - Nicodemus Fomich
• Ekaterina Gorshkova - Cook

• Director - Dmitry Svetozarov
• Script writer - Mikhail Smolyanitsky
• Producer and composer - Andrei Sigle
• Operator - Alexander Ustinov
• Artist - Yuri Pashigorev

• The television series Crime and Punishment on the official website of Channel One
• Crime and Punishment on the Internet Movie Database