The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 2, 1914

Runtime

0h 42m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

Kreitserova sonata

Production Companies

Thiemann & Reinhardt

Director

Vladimir Gardin

Description

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.