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

Boris Orsky

Pozdnyshev

Evgeniya Uvarova

Pozdnyshev's wife

Lydia Sycheva

Wife's mother

Mikhail Tamarov

Leo Tolstoy

Crew

Vladimir Gardin

Writer

Leo Tolstoy

Novel

Vladimir Gardin

Director

Boris Mikhin

Production Design

Aleksandr Levitsky

Director of Photography