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Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Родион Романович Раскольников, Rodión Románovich Raskólʹnikov, rədʲɪˈon rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈskolʲnʲɪkəf) is the fictional protagonist of the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The name Raskolnikov derives from the Russian '' raskolnik'' meaning " schismatic" (traditionally referring to a member of the Old Believer movement). The name '' Rodion'' comes from Greek and indicates an inhabitant of Rhodes. Raskolnikov is a young ex-law student living in extreme poverty in Saint Petersburg. He lives in a tiny garret which he rents, although due to a lack of funds has been avoiding payment for quite some time. He sleeps on a couch using old clothes as a pillow, and due to lack of money eats very rarely. He is handsome and intelligent, though generally disliked by fellow students. He is devoted to his sister (Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova) and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime And Punishment (1917 Film)
''Crime and Punishment'' is a 1917 American silent crime drama film directed by Lawrence B. McGill and starring Derwent Hall Caine, Cherrie Coleman and Lydia Knott. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title, it shifts the setting to portray the protagonist as a Russian immigrant in America.Wlaschin p.54 Plot Cast * Derwent Hall Caine as Rodion Raskolnikoff * Cherrie Coleman as Dounia, His Sister * Lydia Knott as His Mother * Carl Gerard as Razmouhin Porkovitch * Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain usually as leading men in musicals and ... as Andreas Valeskoff * Marguerite Courtot as Sonia Marmeladoff * Robert W. Cummings as Porphyus References Bibliography * Ken Wlaschin. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispin Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist. He is known for portraying eccentricity (behavior), eccentric Character actor, character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), which he followed by playing Layne, one of the leading roles in ''River's Edge'' (1986). Through the 1990s, Glover garnered attention for portraying smaller but notable roles, including Cousin Del in ''Wild at Heart (film), Wild at Heart'' (1990), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors (film), The Doors'' (1991), Bobby McBurney in ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993) and the Train Fireman in ''Dead Man'' (1995). Starting with his role as the Thin Man in ''Charlie's Angels (2000 film), Charlie's Angels'' (2000), he began to star in more mainstream films. The roles in these films include reprising his Thin Man role in ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), portraying the titular character in ''Willard (2003 film), Willard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simm
John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in ''Life on Mars'', the Master in ''Doctor Who,'' and DS Roy Grace in ''Grace.'' His other television credits include '' State of Play'', '' The Lakes'', ''Crime and Punishment'', ''Exile'', ''Prey'', and '' Cracker''. His film roles include '' Wonderland'', '' Everyday'', '' Boston Kickout'', '' Human Traffic'' and '' 24 Hour Party People''. He has twice been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor Early life John Ronald Simm was born on 10 July 1970 in Leeds, the eldest of three children. In 2024, he discovered that the man he had always thought of as his father, Manchester musician Ronald Simm, was not his biological parent, and that it was a man called Terry Smith. From the age of 12, Simm sang and played guitar with Ronald on stage in working men's clubs. He grew up in Lancashire in numerous places around northwest England, including Blackpool, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Taratorkin
Georgy Georgievich Taratorkin (; 11 January 1945 – 4 February 2017) was a Soviet-Russian film and stage actor who appeared in over 70 films between 1967 and 2017. He was the Secretary of the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation and President of the Association Golden Mask. Biography Georgy Taratorkin was born on January 11, 1945, in Leningrad in the family of Georgy Georgievich Taratorkin and Nina Aleksandrovna Taratorkina. He grew up in a difficult post-war time. After school he worked as a lighting technician in the Theater for Young Spectators, where he was noticed by the artistic director of the theater Zinovy Korogodsky and was admitted to the drama studio at the Bryantsev Youth Theatre. In 1966, he graduated from the studio and until 1974 played the leading roles in the Theater for Young Spectators. In the cinema, the actor made his debut in 1967 as the role of regicide committer Grinevitsky in the film '' Sofiya Perovskaya''. His portrayal of Raskol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and racing driver best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–15; 2020–21). He is also known for his leading man romantic film roles, such as '' Enchanted'' (2007). Dempsey has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, and was named as ''People's'' Sexiest Man Alive in 2023. Dempsey started his career acting in films such as '' Can't Buy Me Love'' (1987) and ''Loverboy'' (1989). He has since starred in several romantic comedy films such as '' Sweet Home Alabama'' (2002), '' Made of Honor'' (2008), ''Valentine's Day'' (2010), and '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2016). Dempsey has also taken dramatic roles in ''Outbreak'' (1995), '' Scream 3'' (2000), '' Freedom Writers'' (2007), '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011), ''Thanksgiving'' (2023), and ''Ferrari'' (2023). He starred in and produced '' Flypaper'' (2011), and '' The Art of Racing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world". In a List of John Hurt performances, career spanning over five decades, he received numerous accolades including four British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. A graduate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he Breakthrough role, came to prominence playing Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Richard Rich in the film ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for ''The Naked Civil Servant (film), The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime And Punishment (1935 American Film)
''Crime and Punishment'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion). Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing that it was "no more related to the true text of the novel than the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower is related to the Russian environment." The Library of Congress holds a print. Synopsis The American Film Institute provides a summary of the film's narrative: Cast * Peter Lorre as Roderick Raskolnikov * Edward Arnold as Inspector Porfiry * Marian Marsh as Sonya * Tala Birell as Antonya Raskolnikov * Elizabeth Risdon as Mrs. Raskolnikov * Robert Allen as Dmitri * Douglas Dumbrille as Grilov * Gene Lockhart as Lushin * Charles Waldron as University Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the Silent film, silent to the Sound film, sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production ''The Blue Angel'' (1930). Sternberg's finest works are noteworthy for their striking pictorial compositions, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination, and relentless camera motion, endowing the scenes with emotional intensity. He is also credited with having initiated the gangster film genre with his silent era movie ''Underworld (1927 film), Underworld'' (1927). Sternberg's themes typically offer the spectacle of an individual's desperate struggle to maintain their personal integrity as they sacrifice themselves for lust or love. He was nominated for the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. Known for his timidly devious characters, his appearance, and accented voice, he was frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. He has been caricatured throughout his life and his cultural legacy remains in media today. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany, where he worked first on the stage, then in film, in Berlin during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre, who was Jewish, left Germany after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. Lorre caused an international sensation in the Weimar Republic–era film ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931) where he portrayed a serial killer who preys on little girls. His second English-language film was Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film), The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1934), made in the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene (; 27 April 1873 – 17 July 1938) was a German film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer, active during the Silent film, silent era. He is widely-known for directing the landmark 1920 film ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' and a succession of other German expressionist cinema, expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene, who was of Jewish descent, fled into exile. Biography Early life Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, in the German Province of Silesia (now the city of Wrocław in Poland), as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Karl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad Wiene, Conrad also became an actor. Wiene spent his childhood in various cities throughout Central and Western Europe, including Vienna, Stuttgart, Dresden and Prague. Prior to his directing career, Wiene at studied law at the University of Berlin and, from 1895, at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raskolnikow (film)
''Raskolnikow'' is a 1923 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene. The film is an adaptation of the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film is characterised by Jason Buchanan of AllMovie as a German expressionist cinema, German expressionist view of the story: a "nightmarish" avant-garde or experimental psychological drama. It premiered at the Mozartsaal in Berlin.Uli & Schatzberg p.100 Cast * Gregori Chmara as Raskolnikov, Rodion Raskolnikow * Elisabeta Skulskaja as Mother of Rodion Raskolnikow * Alla Tarasova as Sister of Rodion Raskolnikow * Andrei Zhilinsky as Rasumichin * Mikhail Tarkhanov (actor), Mikhail Tarkhanov as Marmeladow * Mariya Germanova as Wife of Marmeladow * Maria Kryshanovskaya as Sonja, daughter of Marmeladow * Pavel Pavlov (actor), Pavel Pavlov as (investigating judge) * Toma (actress), Toma as Alona Iwanowa, (the usurer) * Petr Sharov as Swidrigailow * Ivan Bersenev as (a member of the petite bourgeoisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
