Crime and Punishment
Rikos ja rangaistus
CINEMA1983-12-02
DIGITAL2024-04-19
RegionFI
Runtime93 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Murder, poverty, guilt, and mental torment form Dostoevsky's central moral experiment, where the soul is judged by its own ideas.”
Storyline
Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Rahikainen struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
DIRECTOR / Director
Aki Kaurismäki
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Murder, poverty, guilt, and mental torment form Dostoevsky's central moral experiment, where the soul is judged by its own ideas.
