Crime and Punishment

I am Sonya! You don't know who or what I am... the police know! They know I'm in love with a murderer! But a woman like me might still save a man's soul!

Directed by Josef von Sternberg

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.

Cast

Edward Arnold

Inspector Porfiry

Peter Lorre

Roderick Raskolnikov

Marian Marsh

Sonya

Tala Birell

Antonya Raskolnikov

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Raskolnikov

Robert Allen

Dmitri

Douglass Dumbrille

Grilov

Gene Lockhart

Lushin

CW

Charles Waldron

University president

Thurston Hall

Editor

MP

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Pawnbroker

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