The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

1914
42min

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.

The Kreutzer Sonata

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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.
    Released
    November 1914
    Runtime
    42min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    Thiemann & Reinhardt
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