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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Vladimir Gardin

Boris Orsky

Pozdnyshev

Evgeniya Uvarova

Pozdnyshev's wife

Lydia Sycheva

Wife's mother

Mikhail Tamarov

Leo Tolstoy