Crime and Punishment is the ultimate psychological thriller with a powerful sense of guilt and retribution, set in St. Petersburg in the second half of the 19th Century. Rashalnikov is a highly intelligent and striking young student who decides to test his courage and integrity by killing a mean old woman whom he is sure nobody will miss. But his crime goes seriously awry and, although there's no clear evidence against him, wily investigator Porfiry sets up a complex series of traps, encounters and conversations which slowly but inexorably allow Rashalnikov to incriminate himself - and eventually confess. Rashalnikov is young, impassioned, lonely and lost. Despite being a murderer, he is a man possessed by both good and evil who cannot escape his own conscience and his inevitable punishment.
Show Info
Network: BBC Two
(1979 -
1979)
Schedule: Tuesdays at 21:00
(75 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
DramaCrimeThriller
Episodes ordered: 3 episodes
(waiting for more votes)
Previous Episode
Episode 3
Episode 1x03; Jun 5, 1979
Obsessed with the fear that Porfiry suspects him, Raskolnikov has promised to tell Sonia who killed the old pawnbroker and her sister. He has returned to his room unaware that a greater danger awaits him there.
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x03: Episode 3 | Jun 5, 1979 | |
1x02: Episode 2 | May 29, 1979 | |
1x01: Episode 1 | May 22, 1979 |