The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata(1914)

11/02/1914 (US)Drama0h 42m
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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.

Vladimir Gardin

Writer

Vladimir Gardin

Director