Cinematography:
Eigil BryldComposer:
Adrian JohnstonCast:
John Simm, Ian McDiarmid, Shaun Dingwall, Kate Ashfield, Lara Belmont, Nigel Terry, Philip Jackson, Katrin Cartlidge, David Haig, Ian Thompson, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Darren Tighe, Martin Hancock (more)Plots(1)
Set in St Petersburg in the second half of the 19th century, the psychological thriller tells of a desperate young murderer caught in a web of his own guilt. Rodya Raskolnikov is a poverty-stricken student living among the fetid alleyways and crumbling tenements of St Petersburg. Intense and highly intelligent, Raskolnikov believes he is among a class of men destined for greatness and as such is permitted to breach 'normal' moral values. He decides to test his courage and integrity by killing a pawnbroker, a mean old woman whom he is sure nobody will miss. The murder, however, only serves to draw Raskolnikov into a nightmare world in which he is dogged by guilt, paranoia and alienation. Faced with the wily investigator Porfiry, who sets up a complex series of traps, encounters and conversations, can Raskolnikov escape his own conscience or the seemingly inevitable punishment? (official distributor synopsis)
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Kate Ashfield
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Martin Hancock
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