Crime and Punishment Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 76 min | Drama

Crime and Punishment

Part 1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 76 min | Drama

Raskolnikov (John Hurt), a poor & isolated student, is sure of only one thing: all great men are above the law in all ways. Deeply in debt he puts his theory to the ultimate test: murder.

Director

Michael Darlow

Writers

Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel) | Jack Pulman (dramatised by)

Producer

Composer

Cinematographer

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Edit Released

Updated May 22, 1979

Release date

May 22, 1979 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 4 nominations

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36 cast members

Name	Known for
John Hurt Raskolnikov Raskolnikov See fewer	1984 (1984)
Carinthia West Lizaveta Lizaveta See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Beatrix Lehmann Pawnbroker Pawnbroker See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Simon Rouse Student in Tavern Student in Tavern See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Tom Wilkinson Cadet Cadet See fewer	Michael Clayton (2007)
Olwen Griffiths Landlady Landlady See fewer	Maurice (1987)
Anne Orwin Nastasya Nastasya See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Les Davidov Student in Hay Market Student in Hay Market See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Tim Brown Student in Hay Market Student in Hay Market See fewer	The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Alan Downer Police Constable Police Constable See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Tziganka The Gypsy Band The Gypsy Band See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
James Duggan Tavern Proprietor Tavern Proprietor See fewer	Inspector Morse (1987)
Frank Middlemass Marmeladov Marmeladov See fewer	Barry Lyndon (1975)
Siân Phillips Katerina Ivanovna Katerina Ivanovna See fewer	Dune (1984)
Fiona Glassbrook Polenka Polenka See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Nicky Stoter Kolya Kolya See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Francesca Gerrard Lida Lida See fewer	Wuthering Heights (1978)
Matthew Francis Stein Stein See fewer	Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999)
Darryl Kavann Perstryakov (as Darryl Kavaan) Perstryakov (as Darryl Kavaan) See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Colin Higgins Nicolay Nicolay See fewer	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Allan Ross Dmitri Dmitri See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Gertan Klauber Porter at Pawnbroker's Flat Porter at Pawnbroker's Flat See fewer	Octopussy (1983)
Rob Inglis Porter at Raskolnikov's Flat Porter at Raskolnikov's Flat See fewer	The Stringybark Massacre (1968)
Malcolm Tierney Zametov Zametov See fewer	Braveheart (1995)
David Dodimead Ilya Petrovitch Ilya Petrovitch See fewer	The Honey Pot (1967)
Magda Miller Luise Ivanovna Luise Ivanovna See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
David Webb Nikodim Fomitch Nikodim Fomitch See fewer	The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959)
Howard Bell St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	Poldark (1975)
Christine Ozanne St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	Fighting with My Family (2019)
Catherine Hall St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	Sapphire & Steel (1979)
John J. Carney St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Peter Cartwright St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	Gandhi (1982)
Julie May St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	Jack the Ripper (1973)
Kristine Howarth St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	BBC2 Playhouse (1973)
Brian Tully St. Petersburg Citizen St. Petersburg Citizen See fewer	The Lady of the Camellias (1976)
Harry Fielder Russian Boxer (uncredited) Russian Boxer (uncredited) See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)