Crime and Punishment (2002)
3h
Running Time
February 12, 2002Release Date
Crime and Punishment (2002)
3h
Running Time
February 12, 2002Release Date
Plot.
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
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Cast & Crew.
John Simm
Raskolnikov
Ian McDiarmid
Porfiry
Kate Ashfield
Dounia
Shaun Dingwall
Razhumikin
Lara Belmont
Sonya Marmeladova
Geraldine James
Pulcheria
Mark Benton
Zosimov
Julian Jarrold
Director
Birgitta Bernhard
Landlady
Leo Bill
Drinker
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Writer
Tony Marchant
Writer
Katrin Cartlidge
Katerina Ivanovna
Alice Connor
Polya
David Snodin
Producer
Adrian Johnston
Composer
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Crime and Punishment is a two-part British television crime drama series, based upon the 1866 novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, that first broadcast on BBC2 on 12 February 2002. The novel was adapted for television by playwright Tony Marchant, and was directed by Julian Jarrold.John Simm stars as Rodya Raskolnikov, a former student who plans the murder of a pawnbroker to alleviate his financial problems, but also as an existential exercise, feeling himself able to commit such acts without guilt, remorse or justification. The series was broadcast over two consecutive nights, airing in the 9:00-10:30pm slot. The series was released on DVD on 25 August 2008, via 2|Entertain.