Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house, as well as her sister, who made the mistake of visiting her at the wrong time. He is suspected of the crime, but somebody else confesses to the murder.
Gregori Chmara
as Rodion Raskolnikow
Елизавета Скульская
as Seine Mutter
Алла Тарасова
as Seine Schwester
Андрей Жилинский
as Rasumichin
Михаил Тарханов
as Marmeladow
Mariya Germanova
as seine Frau
Мария Крыжановская
as Sonja, seine Tochter
Pavel Pavlov
as Untersuchungsrichter
Petr Sharov
as Swidrigailow