Crime and Punishment (1917 film)

1917 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence B. McGill
  • Derwent Hall Caine
  • Cherrie Coleman
  • Lydia Knott
CinematographyHenry Cronjager
Production
company
Arrow Film Corporation
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • February 25, 1917 (1917-02-25)
Running time
5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Crime and Punishment is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence B. McGill and starring Derwent Hall Caine, Cherrie Coleman and Lydia Knott. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title, it shifts the setting to portray the protagonist as a Russian immigrant in America.[1]

Cast

  • Derwent Hall Caine as Rodion Raskolnikoff
  • Cherrie Coleman as Dounia, His Sister
  • Lydia Knott as His Mother
  • Carl Gerard as Razmouhin Porkovitch
  • Sidney Bracey as Andreas Valeskoff
  • Marguerite Courtot as Sonia Marmeladoff
  • Robert W. Cummings as Porphyus

References

  1. ^ Wlaschin p.54

Bibliography

  • Ken Wlaschin. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.
  • Crime and Punishment at IMDb
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CharactersFilm adaptations
  • Crime and Punishment (1917)
  • Raskolnikow (1923)
  • Crime and Punishment (1935, American)
  • Crime and Punishment (1935, French)
  • Crime and Punishment (1945)
  • Fear (1946)
  • Crime and Punishment (1956)
  • Crime and Punishment (1970)
  • Crime and Punishment (1983)
  • Without Compassion (1994)
  • Crime and Punishment (1998)
  • Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
  • Crime and Punishment (2002)
  • Crime and Punishment (2002 TV film)
  • Student (2012)
Other
  • Crime and Punishment (1947 radio play)
  • Crime and Punishment (1953 Tezuka manga)
  • Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (2007 Ochiai manga)
  • Crime and Punishment (2007 play)


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