The Kreutzer Sonata

50%% | Nov 02, 1914 | Drama

The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife.

Featured Cast

Vladimir Gardin
Writer
Leo Tolstoy
Novel

Cast

Boris Orsky
Pozdnyshev
Evgeniya Uvarova
Pozdnyshev's wife
Lydia Sycheva
Wife's mother
Mikhail Tamarov
Leo Tolstoy

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