The Kreutzer Sonata
About The Kreutzer Sonata
Pozdnyshev tells how jealousy drove him to kill his wife. The story follows Tolstoy's novella, which takes its title from Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata.
Cast & crew
More about The Kreutzer Sonata
Vladimir Gardin directed this Russian adaptation. Wikidata gives 42 minutes. Boris Orsky, Evgeniya Uvarova, Lydia Sycheva, and Mikhail Tamarov are billed. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The novella is a first-person account of the killing, told by Pozdnyshev.
- Tolstoy named it for Beethoven's violin sonata.
- The Russian title on the Commons file is Kreitserova sonata.
- Gardin is the director of this 1914 version.
Scenes
- Pozdnyshev recounts killing his wife.
Influenced by
- Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata
