The Kreutzer Sonata

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

Cast: Boris Orsky, Evgeniya Uvarova, Lydia Sycheva, Mikhail Tamarov

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