The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

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Release Date:
Nov 02, 1914

Runtime:
0h 42m

Genres:
Drama

Description

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.

Director: Vladimir Gardin
Writer: Vladimir Gardin
Production: Thiemann & Reinhardt