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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.

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Episode 175 min1979-05-22

Part 1

Rodion Raskolnikov, a poor and isolated student, is sure of only one thing: all great men are above the law in all ways. Deeply in debt, he puts his theory to the ultimate test: murder.

Episode 275 min1979-05-29

Part 2

Raskolnikov, having brutally murdered the old pawnbroker and her half-sister, flees from the scene of crime.

Episode 375 min1979-06-05

Part 3

Paranoid that Porfiry suspects him, Raskolnikov promises to tell Sonia who killed the pawnbroker and her sister. He has returned to his room, unaware that a greater danger awaits.

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John Hurt

Rodion Raskolnikov

Anne Orwin

Nastasya Petrovna

Siân Phillips

Katerina Ivánovna

Fiona Glassbrook

Polenka Ivánovna

Nicky Stoter

Kolya Ivánovna

Francesca Gerrard

Lida Ivánovna

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