The Kreutzer Sonata

Drama · 1914

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.

Starring

Boris Orsky, Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Gardin, Lidiya Sychyova, Vladimir Gardin, Mikhail Tamarov

Director

Vladimir Gardin