Schräge Welten: "Raskolnikow" - Stummfilm mit Livemusik

In the "Weird Worlds" series of expressionist silent films with live musical accompaniment, in cooperation with the Kunsthalle Mannheim for the exhibition "Kirchner, Lehmbruck, Nolde", a film adaptation of "Guilt and Atonement" with a largely Russian cast is shown:

RASKOLNIKOV

DEU 1923. D: Robert Wiene. D: Gregori Chmara, Maria Kryzhanovskaya, Pavel Pavlov. 143 min. silent movie with live music. FSK: n. A.

Based on motifs from Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment", this expressionist film drama tells the story of the penniless student Raskolnikov who, in his distress, murders a fraudulent pawnbroker and her sister who happens to be there. He confesses the crime to Sonja, with whom he is in love. An investigating magistrate suspects Raskolnikov and almost forces him to confess to the murder during interrogation. But then a religious fanatic confesses to the crime.
After CALIGARI and before ORLAC'S HANDS, this literary adaptation is considered another highlight in the work of Robert Wiene, who uses the expressionist style of distorted sets to depict misery, guilt and conscience. The film sets were designed by the exiled Russian Andrei Andreyev, and the artificiality of the décor contrasts in a fascinating way with the naturalistic, milieu-appropriate acting of the ensemble of the Moscow Art Theater directed by Stanislavsky.

Introduction: Erich Siebert
Silent film with live piano music by Reinhold Keil
Admission: 15 € / 12 € reduced / 10 € members Cinema Quadrat e.V.