Released:
1914-11-02

Overview:
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

Runtime:
0h 42min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Boris Orsky
  as
  Pozdnyshev
• 
  Evgeniya Uvarova
  as
  Pozdnyshev's wife
• 
  Lydia Sycheva
  as
  Wife's mother
• 
  Mikhail Tamarov
  as
  Leo Tolstoy