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The Kreutzer Sonata

Audience Score
50
The Kreutzer Sonata
NR 42 minDrama
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.

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Thiemann & Reinhardt