Crime and Punishment

TV Mini Series
1979
12
3h 45m

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A brilliant student tests his morality by killing an elderly woman in 1800s St. Petersburg. As a detective cleverly investigates, guilt consumes the conflicted young man's conscience.A brilliant student tests his morality by killing an elderly woman in 1800s St. Petersburg. As a detective cleverly investigates, guilt consumes the conflicted young man's conscience.A brilliant student tests his morality by killing an elderly woman in 1800s St. Petersburg. As a detective cleverly investigates, guilt consumes the conflicted young man's conscience.

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Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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John Hurt

Raskolnikov

Anne Orwin

Nastasya

Siân Phillips

Katerina Ivanovna

Fiona Glassbrook

Polenka

Nicky Stoter

Kolya

Francesca Gerrard

Lida

Christine Ozanne

St. Petersburg Citizen

Beatrix Lehmann

Pawnbroker

Carinthia West

Lizaveta

David Troughton

Razumihin

Colin Higgins

Nicolay

Barbara Young

Mme. Lippevechsel

Frank Middlemass

Marmeladov

Malcolm Tierney

Zametov

Timothy West

Porfiry Petrovich

Yolande Palfrey

Sonia Marmeladovna

Gordon Gostelow

Accuser

Gertan Klauber

Porter at Pawnbroker's Flat

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8/10

John Hurt and Timothy West

John Hurt is far and away the best actor I have ever seen, anything that he was in was a recommendation in itself.

I remember enjoying the series when it aired here in Australia on ABC in 1982.

I have never forgotten the brilliance of the exchange between Porfiry Petrovich (West) and Raskolnikov (Hurt). The acting is probably the finest I have ever seen in a dual scene. Worth watching for these scenes alone.

The reviews seem to be a bit down on the series but it is interesting enough basically a great display of British acting.