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The story of a poor, imperious, eccentric former law student who believes that he is a special kind of superman exempt from any moral law. He murders a woman and her sister and is then sent to prison for years.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Sunland Video (Firm), Silent Screen Movie Classics (Firm)
Other Authors: Wiene, Robert (Director), Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles and musical soundtrack.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Alamagordo, N.M.] : Sunland Video ; Silent Screen Classics, [between 1990 and 1999?]
Subjects:
Description
Summary:The story of a poor, imperious, eccentric former law student who believes that he is a special kind of superman exempt from any moral law. He murders a woman and her sister and is then sent to prison for years.
Item Description:A foreign film (Germany)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1923.
Based on the novel Crime & punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
"International film classic."
"The great German films, expressionist era."
"Foreign film classics"--Container.
"This film started the expressionist style in German cinema."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (70 min.) : sound black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:English translator, Jeff Hockenheimer; artistic story consultant Nich Faust.