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.
Top Billed Cast
Boris Orsky
Pozdnyshev
Evgeniya Uvarova
Pozdnyshev's wife
Lydia Sycheva
Wife's mother
Mikhail Tamarov
Leo Tolstoy
Featured Crew
Vladimir Gardin
Writer
Leo Tolstoy
Novel
Vladimir Gardin
Director
Boris Mikhin
Production Design
Aleksandr Levitsky
Director of Photography