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Suitable for 15 years and over 2 Entertain Video Release date: Monday 25th of August 2008 Starring: John Simm, Kate Ashfield, Shaun Dingwall, Ian McDiarmid, Geraldine James, Director(s): Format: PAL, Region code: 2 Running time: 181 minutes

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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review

This acclaimed BBC adaptation of Crime and Punishment remains faithful to Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel. Set in St Petersburg in the second half of the 19th century, the psychological thriller tells of a desperate young murderer caught in a web of his own guilt. Rodya Raskolnikov is a poverty-stricken student living among the fetid alleyways and crumbling tenements of St Petersburg. Intense and highly intelligent, Raskolnikov believes he is among a class of men destined for greatness and as such is permitted to breach 'normal' moral values. He decides to test his courage and integrity by killing a pawnbroker, a mean old woman whom he is sure nobody will miss. The murder, however, only serves to draw Raskolnikov into a nightmare world in which he is dogged by guilt, paranoia and alienation. Faced with the wily investigator Porfiry, who sets up a complex series of traps, encounters and onversations, can Raskolnikov escape his own conscience or the seemingly inevitable punishment?

Simm’s Raskolnikov is a "truly startling, genuinely mature performance" --The Guardian

RTS awards (2002), winner: Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Tape and Film Editing.

Extras
Audio commentary with John Simm, screenwriter Tony Marchant, director Julian Jarrold & producer David Snodin.

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Confusing At Times But Very Good.
Review date: 2008-12-05 Rating: 8 out of 10

I am a John Simm fan and like his work so when I came across this, I had to see it. Based on a book, it's about a young man going mad after killing a pawnbroker and her sister out of their misery only to find his life turning into a nightmare and he can't escape from his nasty crime. It can be very confusing, there were a lot of people and had to listen to what they say to take it in. Don't turn it off and leave it, you must watch it all in one go otherwise you will lose the plot and have to return to the begining. That's what I did but I know I won't do that again. But it's very good, John Simm is a very sexy and powerful figure protraying a intellent man with haunting sights of his shamed family and the murder. The co-stars did a good job, some familer faces while other's new. It's worth seeing, without doubt for Simm's pefomance and the darker side of Russia in the turn of the centry.

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Actor(s):
John Simm
Kate Ashfield
Shaun Dingwall
Ian McDiarmid
Geraldine James

Creators:
John Simm (Primary Contributor)
Ian McDiarmid (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503250225
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2008-08-25
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 181 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2002

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