In St. Petersburg in 1856, students like Raskolnikov (Patrick Dempsey) espouse the Superman philosophy, which proclaims that certain individuals can transgress against the Law to make a better society. Expelled from the university for his subversive theories, Raskolnikov must pawns his textbooks and borrow money to survive. Meanwhile, his sister Dounia (Lili Horvath) loses her governess post when the attentions of her married employer Arkady (Richard Bremmer) upset his wife's decorum, and poverty drives Sonia (Julie Delpy), an innocent young woman from Raskolnikov's neighborhood, into prostitution. Driven mad by these inequities, Raskolnikov solves his cash flow prob...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
89 mins