The Kreutzer Sonata (1914)
The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife.
Director: Vladimir Gardin
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Boris Orsky as Pozdnyshev |
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Evgeniya Uvarova as Pozdnyshev's wife |
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Lydia Sycheva as Wife's mother |
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Mikhail Tamarov as Leo Tolstoy |
| Writing | Vladimir Gardin | Writer |
| Writing | Leo Tolstoy | Novel |
| Directing | Vladimir Gardin | Director |
| Art | Boris Mikhin | Production Design |
| Camera | Aleksandr Levitsky | Director of Photography |