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Everything lays in a man's hands.

And if it slips out

simply out of cowardice...

What is it that people are afraid of most?

To do something new.

Yes? What do you want?

I've come again on the same business.

My name is Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

I've come to pawn something. Here.

Here it is. Yes.

You always come to me with such junk.

Rodion Raskolnikov. There you are.

But why don't you pay me what you owe me first?

You have been on my ledger for three long months.

I'll pay the interest.

No. If I chose to sell your pledge I'll sell it,

and you'll lose it. That's all.

But I'll pay the interest.

No buts.

I'll sell it and that'll be the end of the story.

Now, off you go. Goodbye.

But what about my watch?

How much will you give me for my watch?

I told you... It's junk.

I don't think it's worth anything.

It's a very valuable piece.

It's an antique. My father gave it to me.

Give me at least 10,000 rubles for it.

For this piece of junk...

I could give you 2,000 rubles.

And I want the interest in advance.

2,000 rubles? That's nothing.

Give me at least 10,000 rubles for it.

4,000.

That's my last offer. Interest in advance.

You're robbing me.

Suit yourself.

All right. 4,000 rubles.

A loathsome mess.

You'll really go through with it?

It's absurd.

It's absurd.

Can't you see how you go?

My head... It's my head.

Sick people should be in the hospital.

Stop trying to kill me!

So, I'm a drunk, is it a crime to get drunk?

It's survival.

Excuse me? Can't you see I'm busy?

You, young man, please help me, please.

What's your name, young man?

I'm Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

I'm a former law student,

and now I have a very bad headache.

Nurse! Help this young man.

Don't you see how he's suffering.

Leave him alone!

Will somebody get this whore out of here?

I told you before, he's not going anywhere

without the doctor's permission.

Here's your damn doctor's permission.

Now let me get my father home.

He's my responsibility.

Thank God you're here, Sonechka.

Get me out of here.

Now get out, all of you. Get out.

Will you help me, please?

Okay.

They should have sent you home with an ambulance.

Ambulances are kept for those who can pay, my sweet.

I'm so sorry, my Sonechka.

I'm just what I am. I'm a no good drunk.

What can you do with me?

I want you to go home, okay?

To your wife, remember? To her children.

And do try and clean yourself up.

See what a dear, sweet soul of a daughter I have?

I wish she went to university,

could make something of herself.

Sonia, how long do I have to wait for you?

I have to go.

We're supposed to be at the InterContinental by now

or we'll lose all the clients I have lined up for you tonight.

I'm sorry. What kept you so long?

She was visit-fucking the drunks.

That's my father, you bitch! Stop fighting.

Stop fighting. Get in the car.

And you shut your mouth.

She's the best one of the lot of you.

I love her like a daughter.

Now settle down...

Thank God you came with me.

I couldn't face my wife alone.

She may just kill me.

Come.

Where is my money?

Where are the 5,000 rubles that I hid in the trunk?

You haven't spent it, have you?

He's spent it all, hasn't he?

I enjoy it.

It doesn't hurt at all, I enjoy it.

You drank it away.

You drank it away!

Look! My children are hungry, can't you see that?

Damn you! Damn you!

Shut up. Shut up!

Shut up all of you!

God! Damn you!

And damn you, too. Whoever you are, damn you!

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

You've been to the bar, haven't you?

You have been drinking with him.

And you have been drinking away my money. My money!

No, you're mistaken. I...

Do you want to smell my breath?

No, I don't want to smell your breath.

I don't want to hear any more lies.

All of you men are liars.

I want you out of my house. Out!

Out of my house!

And you are the worst liar of all of them!

Okay.

What am I gonna feed these children now?

There's nothing.

There is nothing.

5,000 rubles.

5,000 rubles.

5,000.

Mine! And you drink it away.

You drink it away.

I cannot stand this any longer. Sonia!

Hello, kids.

Where is a big hug for me?

I want a big hug and a big kiss.

Is this all?

Well, go do it yourself.

Maybe you can make more.

Don't you talk to me like that.

Look you little fool, look.

This bitch, this pimp Lizaveta

is taking most of what you earn.

Don't you dare!

Lizaveta is good to me. Better than you, bitch.

I will kill you, you whore.

No, no, no, please.

Sonechka, please don't fight.

Life is miserable enough as it is.

What sort of a silly thing to do was that?

They've got Sonia's money.

I need my money myself.

They shed a few tears and then they're over it.

People can get used to anything.

Reach!

Where you been Rodion?

I haven't seen you for two weeks.

Razumikhin...

Excuse me. I'm busy.

You're so busy you didn't notice.

They published your article.

There's an article here

written by a man with your name

entitled Superior Being.

I assume you wrote this.

I wrote something that had something to do with that title.

But it was about a year ago.

I can't believe what I've read here.

People having the right to commit crimes,

being above the law...

No. No.

Then I don't think you remember what you wrote.

Listen to this.

Yeah.

"Certain people have the right to commit certain crimes,

"even kill..." Yes.

"And not because they're driven to it by their environment."

Yes. You wrote this?

Yes.

You wanna expound on it for me?

As I recall, the article was about

the psychological state of the criminal mind

during and after his crime.

And somewhere in it I mentioned the...

Extraordinary person.

But I never signed that. I never...

I put my initials on it. That was all.

I see...

The extraordinary person.

Talking about the Uebermensch,

superior being.

People having the right to commit crimes.

You stole that from Nietzsche.

If that's what you think that the whole article is written about,

then you don't understand what is it that I've written.

You have to go. I...

You have to leave me alone.

I'm just... Please go.

All right, Rodion.

Why do you have all these locks on your door?

You think someone would actually try to break in here

and steal something?

Razumikhin, please leave.

Please.

Exactly...

679 steps...

From the metro...

To Alyona's apartment's front gates.

The reason

a criminal is so easily caught...

Is because right at the moment of his crime

he loses the ability of reason,

will,

and caution.

People on the way to their execution

must hold on to every...

Last...

Thought.

I shouldn't think.

My ax.

Come on. Come on.

Come on, Nikolai, come and help me.

It's getting late.

You see, we have this last wall to finish

and then we can go home.

Home?

We must finish this apartment today.

And I still want to go grab a drink at Pushkin's bar.

Yes? What do you want?

Who are you?

It's me Raskolnikov, your customer.

Yes, yes?

I got an extremely valuable cigarette case.

Perhaps we should go inside and take a look.

Where you going? Just a minute!

Come back here.

Where are you going?

I'm ready to pawn this.

Why do you look at me like you don't know me.

I could take it somewhere else if you don't want to do this.

Don't be in such a hurry.

Let me see this.

Is it real silver?

Where did you steal it from?

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov my father's monogram.

It's very dear to me. How much can I get for it?

Well, let me check it out first.

If it is real silver

I might be able to offer you...

I can give you perhaps 5,000 rubles for it.

It's worth much more than that.

At least 50,000 rubles.

All you young people think of today is money.

All right.

Twenty, and that's my last offer.

But first I have to register this in my ledger.

I don't want to sell it to somebody else by mistake.

Wait there.

Cloth. Cherry blood.

Am I crazy?

Alyona, I'm back.

Why is the door open?

Where are you?

You forgot to give me the money for the...

My God, Alyona.

Who are you?

Number 10, upstairs.

Number nine.

Yeah.

Hello. Alyona Ivanovna.

It's me Captain Koch,

officer with a thousand medals.

You may have heard about me from your sister, Lizaveta.

She knows me.

Lizaveta.

No one home?

I don't know. I...

No one is answering. I nearly broke the door down.

Maybe she heard you were coming with your medals.

Yeah, yeah.

Come on, let's go. We'll come back tomorrow.

Wait a minute. What?

What?

You see how the door moves in and out when you push on it.

So what?

So it's locked from the inside.

Can't you hear the bolt rattling?

So? So...

If she had gone out,

she would have used her key to lock the door from the outside.

She's definitely home.

Maybe they left the stove running, the gas stove,

and they're suffocating.

Well, what should we do? Should we break the door down?

No, I don't smell any gas.

I'll tell you what? Maybe the old bat fell asleep.

I'll go check with the superintendent.

God damn it, I'm not staying here.

Hurry up and lock up the door.

Is that really hidden?

Nothing's been done.

Where is my mind?

Has the punishment already started?

Maybe I'm all covered in blood.

I'm facing the fire.

Open up, Raskolnikov.

There's a policeman here.

Wants to ask you some questions.

Get up!

They know everything.

If they ask me...

Perhaps, I'll tell them everything.

Sergeant, have we got the...

Have we got the file on Mr. Raskolnikov?

All the files from this morning's submissions

are on your desk, Captain.

Let me see, Mr. Raskolnikov.

It seems you owe money to the university.

University.

How can I owe money to the university?

The university is free.

Yes, but it seems you've taken out a loan at the student bank.

I'm a sick man.

And the air is very thick.

Do you think you could...

Stop smoking your cigar?

What did you say?

I've asked you to please stop smoking your cigar.

How dare you tell me what to do.

Do you know where you are?

You're in a public place.

That's right and you're in a public place as well.

And I've asked you to please stop smoking your cigar.

Here.

Pay your damn debt.

Problems?

Every single human being has problems.

Not just in Russia, it's a deep ingredient of life, problems.

So stop wallowing in self-pity.

Look on the positive side.

You have a nice suit, it's clean, your family's alive.

So...

Be a man. That's my advice.

Now, goodbye. I hope I don't see you again.

Can I see that file?

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

Yes, I know you.

You're a friend of my young cousin Razumikhin.

He speaks very highly of you.

You sick? You don't look well.

It's the smoke.

Makes me dizzy.

Put your cigar out, Captain Zamyotov.

Can't you see that he's not feeling well.

This young man owes a lot of money.

I'm an oppressed student.

My mother's about to send me quite a bit of money in the mail.

And when she does, I'll pay everything I owe.

We all owe money to somebody, Captain Zamyotov.

We can't put the whole country in jail.

But there is another matter, Mr. Raskolnikov.

Your name appears on the ledger of a woman

who was brutally murdered last night.

Am I a suspect?

Of course not, no, no.

There must be 500 names on that ledger.

All we can hope for is a crumb of evidence.

You know, perhaps...

Perhaps you could be of some use to us.

After all, you're familiar with the law.

You are a law student, aren't you?

Ex-student.

Is there something the matter with you? You look very pale.

No.

What's happened?

You fainted.

Send the young man home. Seems to have a bad flu.

Come on. You go now.

Zamyotov...

Get me all the files on this case. Put them in my office.

Yes, Colonel.

Sergeant, go take that in. And don't forget the ledger.

They haven't searched here.

What do I do?

There.

It's all right. It's all right!

He's been like this for days.

It's all right, my friend.

It's all right. It's all right, Rodion.

What is it?

It's your fever.

Your nose is bleeding.

It's quite normal to have a nose bleed with such a high fever.

"I believe the superior being, may in all conscience"

"grant himself the inner permission to transgress,"

"even over blood."

It's my blood.

It's my blood. It's my blood.

What should I do? He's burning up.

I'll stay here with him.

Better go and get a doctor.

Condition is becoming quite serious.

- I'll be right back. - It's my blood.

It's my blood. It's mine.

"Certain people have a right to commit a crime,"

"even kill."

"And not because they're driven to it by their environment..."

You know Raskolnikov?

Yeah, he's the first door, number two, on the right.

Thanks.

All right! Let's go!

Hoo!

Mr. Raskolnikov?

I could be.

I am Mr. Luzhin's business secretary.

Mr. Luzhin has sent me to call on you at your mother's request.

Do you know what this man is talking about?

Yes, I do and I detest it.

This is Mr. Raskolnikov.

Well, I understand that you are to get the sum of 100,000 rubles

from Mr. Luzhin at your mother's request.

You can tell Mr. Luzhin he can keep his money.

Wait.

Wait just a second.

Rodion, 100,000 rubles?

You need this money.

You need it desperately.

If you're interested Mr. Luzhin invites you to come to his office

tomorrow afternoon.

Here's my card.

You can sign the papers and get the money.

Bye.

Goodbye!

Mr. Luzhin's been trying to buy my sister

with his favors for quite some time now.

Luzhin?

Luzhin. He's that industrialist millionaire

you were telling me about, right?

He's an asshole.

Take his money.

What, are you so proud? Take his money.

Who was in my room while I was sick?

I called the doctor.

Hey, Rodion, about this money.

Anybody else?

My cousin.

The police colonel?

Yeah, my cousin, the police colonel. He's great guy.

What did I say?

What does anyone say when they're burning up with fever?

Look, I'm gonna come pick you up tomorrow afternoon,

we'll go visit this Mr. Luzhin.

100,000 rubles.

It's nice to know that we used to be all equal in this country.

But some people were always more equal than others.

Hello.

Hello.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I'm working.

With that man?

Yes.

He's my sister's fiance.

Are you Sonia Marmeladova?

What were you doing with that man?

It's survival, you know.

He pays me.

What you're doing is so awful.

I'm sorry.

Mr. Raskolnikov. Come, come, come.

You know her? She's just a little nothing.

I'll show you some real women if you're interested. Come.

But, of course, I'm gonna be a married man soon

so I have to watch it.

Are you with him? Yes, Razumikhin.

Good. Good.

No, no. No, no, wait, wait, private business.

Look, can I offer you some whiskey, cognac?

This is the best liquor one can offer in all of Russia.

Hey, can I ask

if you've heard from my mother and my darling sister, Dounia.

Yes, I'm expecting them in Moscow very soon.

I made arrangements for them to stay not too far from here.

So you're getting married soon?

That should be quite a grand affair.

Not necessarily.

These are hard times, we're in the midst

of a cultural and economic revolution.

Food is scarce and money is scarce.

It's best to keep a low profile

during this period of democratization of our society.

That's a very wise move.

Why agitate an ailing society,

when there's so much hunger everywhere.

Yes, but modern capitalization is going to change all that.

Soon we're going to be like America.

Mark my words. We're moving very fast.

Take our literature for example.

It's become very mature.

Many harmful prejudices have already been eradicated.

We have cut ourself off irrevocably from the past.

Don't you agree?

Yes, and if you were to follow some of your logic

to its natural conclusion,

then it would make sense to go around killing people.

I beg your pardon?

Are you trying to insult me?

No, he...

Rodion, you have to admit that what he is saying is correct,

that our society is progressing.

I can't listen to this anymore. I've had enough!

Let's get out of here.

Yeah, what about the money?

Yes. Yes, the money. Let's not forget about the money.

It's all here waiting for you.

One hundred thousand.

All in cash.

I suggest you take it fast while it still has value.

You can measure the inflation rate by the minute these days.

Here are the papers for your signature.

What's the matter, Mr. Raskolnikov? You don't like my money?

I'll never let you buy my sister the way you buy all of your things.

Look, I'm doing you a favor. I'm trying to save your life.

Plus I want to please your sister.

Isn't it true that at the very moment

that my sister accepted your proposal

that you let her know that the most interesting thing about her

was the fact that she was destitute?

And then it became clearer, through correspondence, that really

the best kind of wife for you

would be a woman that came from a poor background.

This way you consistently would be able

to reproach her with the fact that

absolutely everything that she now owned

was there because of you.

Your mother has been discussing my correspondence with you?

She slanders me.

I've been supporting this woman,

giving her presents, feeding her,

the ungrateful bitch.

You wanna know something very interesting?

If you say one more word about my mother,

I'll punch you right in the face.

Get out.

Go on, get out.

Get out!

Go to hell!

Rodion, you have to sign the papers.

Get out of the office.

You'll hear from me, you'll hear from my lawyer,

you'll hear from your mother.

Boss, should I call the police?

Mr. Luzhin, I... I'd like to apologize for my friend, really,

he's been sick.

Can we talk?

Please?

I don't want his money.

Come on, Rodion. Take it.

What do you care? What the hell!

Let's go somewhere tonight and celebrate?

I wanna go to police headquarters.

I wanna ask to your cousin a specific question.

It's too late, he won't be there.

Where will he be?

Come on.

The old captain with a million medals

swears the door was shut and locked.

But after three minutes, three minutes, you understand,

when they came back upstairs with the first-floor neighbor it was open.

What was your conclusion?

It's obvious.

The old captain was lying.

Well, perhaps the old captain was telling the truth.

Perhaps the murderer was behind the door.

And when the old captain with the medals went down the stairs

to find help,

that's when the murderer managed to get downstairs himself.

And, eventually, I suppose, slipped past them.

Very nice.

So nobody actually saw the murder?

You see? There's a lawyer's brain!

Cuts straight to the essence of things.

Exactly, nobody saw the killer.

Well, this is a surprise to see you, Mr. Raskolnikov.

Razu, how's my little cousin?

Fine, cousin!

You should read this.

You might find it interesting.

Why would you think that that article would interest me?

This case, it's the news of the day.

You want champagne, sir?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Colonel, won't you please join me in some French champagne?

I think not. I like our vodka.

But, please, let me buy the champagne for you.

Marchenko, would you put that on my bill, please?

Thank you.

Well, I'm surprised to see you here, Mr. Raskolnikov.

A few days ago Razumikhin told me

that you were still unconscious.

While you were sick I came to see you,

though I don't suppose you know that

because you were delirious, to say the least.

We were very concerned.

Why would you be concerned about me?

We thought we were going to lose you.

And losing me would concern you?

Losing any human being would sadden me,

especially a friend of my cousin.

What about these two women? Certainly losing them doesn't concern you.

Why not?

I was shocked when I heard about those horrible murders.

But, certainly, the possibility of promotions,

if you should catch the murderer, would be fantastic.

Yes, perhaps.

But I'd rather there was no crime than advance my career.

You're a very moral man, Colonel.

I try to be.

More champagne, gentlemen?

Yes.

Yes, have some more.

Why? Do you want to get me drunk so you can interrogate me?

Interrogate you?

Captain, do you have any reason to interrogate Mr. Raskolnikov?

What about?

Well, certainly the police suspect me of murder.

Suspect you?

I don't see any connection.

Or, indeed, any motive for a man like you to kill those women.

I mean, you're not a criminal.

How do you know that?

We don't know.

We don't know anything about you.

I don't suspect you.

Yes, but the Colonel suspects me.

Why do you say that?

I noticed that you were reading my article.

So what? Where'd you get it?

I found it on your table

when Razumikhin brought me around to your room the other night.

And what'd you think about it?

Well, I can't say that I agree with it,

but it's certainly very intelligently expressed.

What inspired you to write about such a...

Controversial and radical subject in criminology?

I mean, the theory of being above the law.

Call us a taxi, please.

Rodion, wasn't there something

specific you wanted to ask my cousin?

I forgot.

What was it? I'm still here.

It was about the old woman's ledger,

the one that you'd seen my name on,

you mentioned that to me at the police station.

A couple of weeks before she was murdered

I'd pawned a watch with her.

And it was of great sentimental value to me.

I assume that the police have confiscated all of her belongings

and I wanted to know if I could possibly redeem my watch.

No problem.

Drop by my office, fill out a form, a little legal statement,

and I'll take care of it.

Well, thank you, I appreciate it.

By the way,

is the watch the only item that you pawned with Madam Ivanovna?

Yes.

No, I'd pawned a couple of rings with her,

but that was over a year ago and I

redeemed it as soon as I had money.

That's fine. See you at the office.

Goodnight, gentlemen.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight, cuz.

He suspects me.

What?

He suspects somebody.

Well, he hasn't told me.

I don't have a clue.

But does he have a clue?

Sit.

Sit. Sit. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.

You don't mind if I walk up and down like this?

Exercise is simply indispensable for me. Hemorrhoids, you know.

I believe there exists a certain legal axiom,

a standard investigation technique,

wherein the subject is led

off the track

by a little bit of trivia

and then the most crucial

and dangerous question

is asked bang in the head, isn't that correct?

Congratulations.

You seem to know our business.

A clever man, carried away by his playful wit,

can start leading the person who suspects him by the nose.

And you may think that he'll win out,

and enjoy the fruits of his cleverness,

but no, no, no, he walks straight into

the most interesting, the most prominent place and falls in a faint.

Plop!

Human nature

is a mirror.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov,

a mirror clear and smooth.

Look into it and marvel.

Why have you gone so pale, my dear fellow?

You don't think that this room is too stuffy, by any chance, do you?

Shall I open the window?

Please stop.

I can see that you clearly do suspect me of the murder of the old woman

and her sister, Lizaveta.

And if you feel you have the right to arrest me, then arrest me.

But I will not allow you to laugh in my face.

I will not allow it!

I will not allow it! I will not allow it!

What is the matter with you? I will not allow it!

I will not allow it! Do you hear me? I will not allow it!

Not so loud, they'll hear you and come in.

Just think what will we say to them.

I will not allow it, sir. I will not allow it!

I will not allow it! Do you hear?

No, you must have some air, and you must have a drink of water.

Dear fellow.

Having a nervous breakdown.

Now, here. Have a drink.

All right then. Sit down.

Sit down, for goodness' sake.

Have a rest.

You look ghastly. Now, sit down!

You do trust me a little, don't you?

I really like you.

Do you believe it?

No, you're lying.

You're teasing me in order to give myself away.

You don't have a scrap of evidence, not one little piece of evidence.

Show me one piece of evidence.

Not so loud, they'll hear you.

You don't want that idiot, Zamyotov, to suspect you for real.

Because if you do then I can't help you at all, you understand?

You do see my point?

No, you're lying!

You're lying, you're not trying to help me!

You suspect me, if you want to arrest me,

arrest me, but stop tormenting me!

Do it by the regulations!

You don't have to worry about the regulations.

I invited you here quite informally.

As a friend.

I don't want your friendship!

And I didn't get invited by you,

I came for my father's watch, remember?

What is all that... What is it?

I am guilty!

It was the painter.

I am guilty!

I am the murderer.

What did you say?

I am the murderer.

Whom did you murder?

Alyona Ivanovna, and her sister Lizaveta.

I killed them both with an ax.

A darkness came over me.

Yes, well, I didn't ask whether a darkness came over you.

Tell me, did you kill those sisters?

He just said that.

Yes, yes, I am the murderer.

I'm ready to make a statement.

He's ready to make a statement.

What did you kill them with?

An ax. I have it with me.

A damn ax.

A damned ax.

Lock him up. Come on!

Come on!

Well, I am so sorry, my dear fellow.

But you do see the kind of surprises that I get.

Get in!

How was it?

Shut up!

I don't think you expected this.

I don't think you expected it either, my dear fellow.

By the way,

I nearly forgot.

Your father's watch.

I kept it for you. It's yours.

You don't have to fill out any papers or pay any money.

It's my little gift to you.

You think he'll buy it?

If he's the honest and moral man that I think he is,

he won't be able to bear the idea of someone going to Siberia

for the crime he committed.

My God!

My God!

I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do anything.

Move aside!

I was not driving fast.

He was drunk.

He were not looking where he were going.

I saw him cross the road. I was not driving fast, he was drunk.

I know him.

His name's Marmeladov.

He lives near here. Let's get a doctor, I... I have money

I can pay for it.

No, get me a priest.

Can we... Can we get a priest?

Maybe there.

Well, let's take him home. He lives right behind these archways

and I can pay for it all. I know him.

I know him.

Okay, give me a hand.

Move aside.

Pray for them, not him.

He's dying, madam.

I am dying. My children are dying.

What am I supposed to do with my children?

The Lord is merciful.

Merciful?

Not for people like us.

It's a sin to talk like that, madam.

This is a sin. This good-for-nothing drunkard.

Papochka!

You should forgive him at the hour of death, madam.

Why should I forgive him?

This man has ruined my life.

My children can sing in French.

They can... They can read and write in French.

We were... We were from an aristocratic family,

and then my husband died and I married him and...

And he ruined our lives.

How dare you?

How can you talk about him like that?

Can't you see my father is dying?

Well... Let him die.

Katerina.

Forgive me.

I can never forgive you.

Never.

Who's that?

Sonia.

My Sonechka.

For Heaven's sake,

Papochka, hold on.

Stay with me. Okay?

Don't leave me.

Don't... Don't leave me, Papochka.

Sonechka.

My baby.

Forgive me.

He didn't die with that old woman.

There was freedom and strength and we shall see...

What was that?

What?

You just said something to me.

Life is a wonderful thing.

Life stinks.

I think he's all right now.

God.

If we hadn't come...

Rodion.

Darling. God.

Rodion, Rodion.

Hello, Mother. My darling.

Hello, Dounia.

You're very pale.

And you've been ill, this young man appears to drink too much.

And he was telling us... Why didn't you phone us immediately?

You know we would have come.

Rodion, what's... My God!

It's blood.

He's been wounded!

Rodion!

My! He's all right.

My God!

Rodion! Rodion!

My God!

They've killed him. They've killed him. They've killed him.

No, no, no, no. Rodion. Rodion.

What happened? Where's all this blood from? Did someone cut you?

There was an accident and a friend of mine was hit by a truck.

He just died.

My darling.

Let me wipe your face, you'll feel better.

Dounia, don't touch me, please.

Rodion, it's okay.

It's my fault.

I let them in,

I'm a little drunk.

Hey, Rodi.

You never told me you had such a beautiful sister.

Yeah, I mean, holy shit.

I must be making quite an impression.

I'll just go over here by the window.

Rodion, what's happened?

What is the matter with you?

You've grown into a beautiful young woman, Dounia.

And I'm going to be married soon.

I know.

Yes. Yes.

To Luzhin.

You know, darling...

We heard that Pyotr Luzhin invited you to his office?

Yeah, and Rodion almost kicked his ass.

So to speak.

He did what?

Yes, Mr. Luzhin was so kind that I told him to go to hell.

I don't want you to marry that man, Dounia.

Good God!

Luzhin, why not?

He's a good man.

I've met him and you're selling yourself for money.

It's not true!

You're wrong.

I wouldn't marry him if I didn't think I could come to love and respect him.

You're lying, Dounia. I've seen him.

He's not worth your little finger.

He's a vulgar, conceited idiot.

An asshole. So to speak.

I want you to tell him that the wedding is off.

Good God!

You must be very, very ill!

No. I am not very, very ill!

You are sacrificing yourself for my sake, aren't you?

No! Yes, yes. You are!

Admit it! Mother!

She... She is sacrificing herself for your sake,

and for my sake. And I won't have it!

My children, why are you fighting each other?

I... I will not take your sacrifices!

Tomorrow morning go, and please!

Please call the wedding off!

I won't do that!

I don't care how ill you are. Don't ever speak to me like that!

He's raving mad.

Or else he would never talk to his sister like that.

I am not raving mad!

Dounia! Maybe I'm vile! But you mustn't be!

And although I am vile, I will have no sister

who does such a thing as a sister of mine.

It's either Luzhin, or me!

It's not vile!

I'm not delirious, Dounia.

This marriage that you are planning is a vile thing.

Go on.

Maybe it would be best if you'd left for a while.

If I left? What do you mean?

How can I leave him?

I can't leave him. I haven't seen him for three years.

No, no, no. No, no.

I...

I'm going to...

I'm going to stay here. Yes.

I'm going to stay here.

I'm going to lie down on the floor, beside my son.

Goodbye.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Go and make sure that Dounia is okay and that she's safe.

I can't deal with this right now.

How could you let her do this?

Look, Rodion,

it's almost exactly three years

since you left us back home in our Ukraine

and came to Moscow to enroll in university.

Life has been so hard.

You just cannot imagine what we've had to do to survive.

You can't

face poverty.

This is your problem.

You had to cling to the Luzhins.

You are my son.

But you don't know anything about me.

I better go back. Goodbye.

Here's...

some money for you.

I can't take money from my own son.

Why not?

Mr. Luzhin gave it to me.

You take money from Mr. Luzhin so...

Why can't you take it from me?

Don't you dare speak so disrespectfully to me!

Well...

Why don't you take the money? You'll need the money in Moscow.

I can forgive you because you are very, very sick.

Baby.

You are right. You are right, Rodion.

I can't bear poverty.

I...

We should never have come to Moscow.

Eat some of your cake.

He has it.

It's gotta be on him.

If it is, then they're gonna...

Keep it inside, if it is there...

Get inside, he's not in the office.

Feel better? Yes.

Come on in. It's okay.

Are you afraid of me?

You're looking better. Are... Are you feeling better?

Mother, I wanted to apologize.

It was only this morning

that I could imagine what you went through when you saw me,

after such a long time.

Yes.

Yes, yes. Well, we were so concerned.

We were both so concerned. But, now, look.

We brought some nice, fresh, hot tea, and brought cups.

You can have some cake.

Yes. Of course.

My sister.

My dear sister.

That's what I love about him.

He has these gestures.

He cares. He really does.

He really cares.

Look here, Dounia,

I'm of course sorry for what happened the other day.

But I still feel the same way about Mr. Luzhin.

Now, Rodion. Rodion.

Don't start all that again.

You're wrong about Pyotr Petrovich.

I'm marrying him because I want to.

Because I find life hard.

But I won't deny that when I am married,

I will expect my husband to be of some assistance to Mother.

And to you.

If you marry Mr. Luzhin, I will no longer regard you as my sister.

You're not talking about this marriage as though it were a crime.

It is not this simple thing that you say it is!

As though I'd murdered somebody, or...

Why are you looking at me like that?

Goodness gracious, Dounia, whatever have you said to him?

Is he... Is he going to faint?

No, I'm not going to faint, Mother.

What am I making such a fuss about all this anyhow?

Go, marry who you like.

You don't mean that, do you?

No, I mean it. Marry whom you'd like.

Good!

I... I believe him. I believe him.

Yes, everything will be all right.

Dounia and I both wanted to invite you to join us

on Tuesday evening,

we're having some dinner,

I'm cooking and...

It will be Pyotr and Dounia's engagement.

So Mr. Luzhin will be there?

Yes, yes.

Then I'll come.

I have to tell you we're taking a risk.

Pyotr Petrovich has specifically said

that he does not want you to be there.

Well, then, it's not up to me.

I'll do what you think is best.

No, no, no, no, no.

Dounia absolutely insists that you come,

and I absolutely agree with her.

I decided to ask you,

to ask you most seriously, please come.

Then I'll come.

My family is together again.

I knocked but...

Come, come in...

I expect that you've come in from your stepmother's.

Yes.

We're having a little... Funeral meal on Wednesday.

Mrs. Marmeladova, she begs you to come.

Mother,

this is the daughter of the unfortunate man

that I told you about yesterday.

Miss Sonia Semyonovna Marmeladova.

He died in this poor girl's arms.

My dear.

My honey. I'm so sorry.

Would you please stay for something to eat, please?

No, I couldn't possibly.

Please forgive me.

Please forgive me.

I'm really sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Pyotr.

Please, please, come in.

They are beautiful.

Thank you so much.

Pyotr, Pyotr, thank you very much.

Yes.

Beautiful. Aren't they beautiful, Mama?

The smell!

Now we must take your coat, your hat.

Mama's cooked you a special Ukrainian meal.

Wonderful borscht.

Do you like borscht, Pyotr?

And I'll put the flowers in water.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening.

So...

So, sit down, sit down.

Sit down, everybody.

Now, dinner will be served in a minute.

Well, my borscht. Mama.

I'll get my borscht.

Wait till you taste my mother's borscht, Razumikhin.

I'm sure it's the best in the world.

No, no. Look, look.

I'm afraid I have a business appointment so I won't be in your way.

I won't stay for dinner.

Pyotr, please.

You were intending to spend the evening with us, weren't you?

Yes, so I was.

But your brother has not apologized to me now, has he?

Let's get this out in the open.

If my brother has insulted you then he must and will apologize.

Yeah, but there are certain cases

where certain insults go unforgiven. So you must understand.

Only one of us can be present at this dinner.

It's either him, or me.

Well...

If my brother is to blame, then he will apologize.

Well...

I'm surprised that you're putting it that way.

Much as I care for you, I don't have to like your relatives, too.

Please understand.

If you don't make it up, then I will have to choose between you...

I find your words offensive to me.

Just putting us in the same breath together, I find offensive.

It shows how little you care for me.

Offensive?

I put you on the same level as the most precious thing in my life!

My own family!

And you say you were offended because I don't value you enough?

Your love for your future husband

should be greater than your love

for this insolent little nitwit you call your brother.

I clearly told you that I did not want to see him,

nor speak to him.

And you purposely invited him to my dinner, in my apartment,

which might I remind you, I am paying for.

Mr. Luzhin.

You do not deserve to be a part of our family.

All right.

And what's more, you don't deserve an apology from me.

And if you really don't like my presence here

then just get out of here!

He doesn't mean what he's saying.

Now, you see, Dounia, whether any

agreement is possible here?

And all of this, after I had lent this man 100,000 rubles

in the presence of this man.

And especially since you know the 3,000,000 rubles

I promised to give you when I marry your daughter.

That was supposed to be a secret.

Aren't you ashamed now, Dounia?

Yes, I am.

Mr. Luzhin, please go away.

If I leave now, I will never come back.

Think this through clearly. I never go back on my word.

I don't want you to come back.

Mr. Luzhin, I think

maybe it will be better if you leave our apartment.

What?

Your apartment?

I pay for it.

I could sue you.

I've saved our correspondence on this matter, Mrs. Raskolnikov,

proving your intentions.

Not to mention a lot of money I spent on expenses for you?

You... You never spent anything on us!

He... He didn't even meet us at the station,

when we arrived in Moscow.

I had to beg a stranger for a ride.

I didn't pay anything?

What about the 100,000 rubles I gave your son,

and 20,000 last year,

when the ruble had value?

Mr. Luzhin, you have absolutely no legal grounds.

All you're doing here is you're demeaning my mother.

And my sister.

And that's all that you're good at.

Your sister is nothing more than a beggar.

She had the chance to be the wife

of one of the biggest industrialists in Russia,

and now, it's over.

I promise you, it's over!

Do you think, sir,

that I will give my Dounia to a despicable person like yourself!

Pyotr Petrovich,

I think it's time for you to leave.

Don't touch me!

Take your hands off her!

Or I'll throw you down the steps headfirst. I mean it!

Not another word.

Please go.

Okay.

I've been reading your article.

Third time.

The one that's been published.

I fairly gasped aloud when I saw it.

"What I fool I am!" I thought to myself.

"That's what he's been doing with his time."

"Learned men are all alike."

"It's quite probable that he has some great"

"new ideas in his head just now."

So...

I've been reading it, my dear.

And, well, of course I don't understand much of it.

Let me see it.

And I've learned something from it.

I have learned my son is going to be

one of the leading knights of the intelligentsia.

And they dare to say that you're mad!

Well...

But, you do know, I mean, that's what they thought.

And the explanation for all this is quite simply

that for the time being, you don't want anything

because you're preoccupied with far more important matters.

It's funny.

It's almost as if you're

burying me

or saying farewell to me forever.

Who knows, perhaps

this is the last time that we'll ever see one another.

What?

What are you saying?

I really have to go.

I want to tell you something, Mother.

And you, Dounia, too.

I've realized that...

It would be better if we part.

I'm not feeling well.

I'm restless.

I'll come back and I'll visit you

later when I can.

I'll always be thinking about you.

I love you.

Just, leave me...

Leave me alone.

Just forget about me.

That would be better.

Rodion.

Rodion, you...

Are you... Are you leaving us?

But why are you... Why are you going away?

What are you saying?

Don't come after me.

If you love me, then just try and forget about me.

Otherwise,

I'll come to hate you.

Dear.

My darling son.

But I love you. I love you.

Could you please give me some explanation?

Or I'll go mad.

You'll...

come to understand at some point.

I have to go.

But... But, Rodion, Rodion, what is it all about?

Has something terrible happened?

Are you... You're not well.

Goodbye.

Rodion, Rodion, Rodion.

Forgive us. Please, forgive us.

Forgive us. We...

Can't you forgive us? Can't we be happy again the way we were before?

Please.

Rodion, why can't you forgive us?

What are you doing to Mother?

It's all right.

I'll come back and...

I'll see you.

You're a wicked, heartless egoist!

He's not heartless.

He's just not feeling well.

He loves you.

You must see that.

I'll go talk to him.

Stay with your mother.

Rodion,

where are you going?

I knew that you'd come after me.

Go back in there with them,

and stay with them tomorrow.

And...

Forever after that.

Goodbye.

What? Wait, wait, wait!

Rodion, what's the matter?

You can't do something like this.

Look, once and for all, don't ask me about any of this ever.

There is nothing that I can tell you.

And don't come to see me.

I might come back here.

Abandon me, but don't abandon them. Understand?

Abandon me.

But don't abandon them.

Do you understand?

Now you understand.

Now you get back in there with them.

Where you've been all night?

What are you doing in my room?

It was midnight.

I'd just left my club. You know, the Savoy.

And I felt like walking.

I was walking the streets because I like the cold.

Clear air, it keeps me alert.

I passed the dormitory and I said to myself,

"I'll pay Raskolnikov a visit."

And the door was not locked, so I let myself in.

I've been playing a rather a good game of chess by myself.

Why don't you tell me what it is that's brought you here?

I came because I think I owe you an explanation.

I'm sure you know that the sudden confession

of Dimitri was a setup.

And I feel badly about it.

What can I say, it was a cheap underhanded trick.

But you see I felt sure that a gentleman

and an intellectual such as yourself,

would never allow a man to go to prison

for a crime he didn't commit.

You mean, Dimitri's confession was a bluff?

Yes.

It was a setup.

Well, if he didn't commit the murder, who did?

What do you mean, "Who did"?

Why, Rodion Romanovich, you did.

You killed them.

You committed the murders.

Would you like to finish this game?

You could play the black. It has the upper hand.

I didn't do it. It wasn't me.

No, Rodion Romanovich, it was you.

It was you all right.

You and nobody else.

Good move.

Let me explain myself.

When you didn't break down after Dimitri's phony confession,

I realized that what I needed was a little detail.

A little crumb.

A little piece of proof.

So, I went back to being a detective instead of a psychologist.

I made another visit to the scene of the crime.

Well, one never knows what one could've missed.

And I think I found it.

It was hiding behind the leg of that heavy bed

that no one had bothered to move.

Actually,

I think we both were looking for the same thing, weren't we?

Care for a cigarette?

Look at this beautiful case.

So intricate, detailed.

It's a work of art.

I'm sure it meant a great deal to somebody.

I found it at the scene of the crime.

Do you recognize this silver cigarette case?

It's a beautiful case.

It is.

I suspect it belongs to the killer.

How interesting.

Check.

Good move.

Unexpected.

Have you noticed...

This little inscription?

It's so small.

Yeah...

Yes, but it so happens that I've got my magnifying glass.

Here.

Can you read it now?

No. It's...

Well, that is why I am a detective. I think I can figure it out.

You see, that looks like "R-R".

And this must have been the third "R".

I see. So, you figure that this case belongs to me.

You see, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov...

It was the old woman's ledger that first

bought your name to my attention.

It wasn't proof. But it was a hint.

And then there was the young man

who by chance fainted in our police station.

Well, it added up.

And then came your essay in that pretentious publication.

I read it over and over again and finally I memorized it by heart

and came to the conclusion that it was thought out on several

sleepless nights of wild excitement,

heart heaving and pounding.

I was repelled by your theory of the right to crime.

And thought to myself, this man is heading for trouble.

As an investigator, I admit I was carried away but.

I knew that you were my man.

I have to catch you and save you at the same time.

So, I came to the conclusion

that this man would come to me of his own accord.

If he was guilty, he would certainly come.

Somebody else might not, but this one will.

So, I waited for you. And you came to me for help.

I saw it in your eyes.

I saw through you then,

as if I were looking through a looking glass.

But it was not enough.

I needed tangible evidence.

Are you sure you won't have a cigarette?

You see, at the end of the day

the law cannot trust the moral conviction of any human being.

One needs proof.

I'm sorry.

Check mate.

No.

You can't make that move, the queen is here.

I'm sorry.

I have some business to attend to.

We'll have to finish this game later.

You can stay here if you like.

Wait a second!

Would you mind if I walked with you?

Are you afraid that I will try to escape?

Supposing that you've concocted enough proof to get me a guilty verdict.

Mind you I'm not admitting that I'm guilty.

But what would be the point of my confessing?

How about a lighter sentence?

How could I be guaranteed a lighter sentence?

I'm an honest man, Raskolnikov,

my word is my bond and I have a great

deal of influence with the courts.

I can get you years off your sentence

if you're prepared to give me a confession.

No, I don't really want it, I don't really want a...

Lighter sentence. I don't give a damn about your lighter sentence.

Don't despise life.

Every day of life is a treasure.

And Siberia is a long death.

How can you not want life?

You're young, you've so much ahead of you.

The chains are not forever if you confess then...

You'll get a short sentence, I assure you,

if you confess you'll free yourself from your own personal hell.

Fight for life, young man, don't give up!

What do you know? You don't know that I killed those women,

you don't know what kind of sentence they'll give me.

You've killed, I know.

But you're not a villain.

You still have a lot to live for.

You know who's buried here.

He did worse things than you, a hundred million times worse.

He never confessed.

He never took his punishment.

He never had another life and was never redeemed.

You're lucky.

Look around this square.

God was banished from here for more than 70 years.

And this man buried here

hated God.

He wouldn't let his people come to God for mercy, for redemption,

forgiveness.

The first steps towards forgiveness is to give oneself to justice.

You're not above the law. You're not an Uebermensch.

I know you don't believe it, but God will sustain you.

Take your punishment

and you will accept yourself again.

Acceptance is Uebermensch.

To be able to accept yourself

is to be a superior being.

Who are you?

From what height

and what majestic tranquility do you utter these words?

Who am I?

I'm a man who's been used up.

If you like, I'm a man who has some feeling,

and knows a thing or two about life.

That's why I ask you to listen to me.

Think about it, my friend.

What if I run away?

You won't run away.

You can't escape yourself if you run away.

You need to go through the punishment to redeem yourself.

When you wake up in the morning you must be content with yourself.

Even if I were to lock you up in a cell, suffering,

certainly one day you would come forward.

It may come as a surprise to you

but suffering is a great thing.

Pacifies the aching soul.

No, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, you won't run away from me.

In as much as you won't run away from yourself.

You're a strange man,

Porfiry Petrovitch.

And, I've listened to you

because I was curious.

But I want you to remember,

I have made no kind of confession to you.

Bear that in mind.

I don't know what you plan to do for the next few hours,

but I have one request.

If by chance,

just in case, I don't think for a moment you would,

I don't think you're capable of it,

but it may occur to you to end things differently

in some fantastic sort of way, to take life into your own hands.

I'm sure you will forgive me,

but leave a few brief lines for my piece of mind,

so that when you're no longer with us I can know that

I was right about you.

I too must live with myself.

Do you know Lizaveta Ivanovna?

What?

Did you know Lizaveta Ivanovna?

Yes, did you know her?

Didn't she... Didn't she beat you up?

No, she was murdered.

She was brutally murdered with an ax.

Yeah, you don't understand.

You'll understand if I come back and I tell you...

Look, I'll come back and I'll tell you something.

I'll tell you who murdered Lizaveta if I come and I see you.

You know who killed her?

Yeah.

Look...

I chose to tell you a long time ago when

I met your father and he told me all about you.

And when Lizaveta was still alive.

I won't, I won't

come as a... With a... Asking for a forgiveness

I'll come more as a confession.

Well, I'll... I'll come by and see you tomorrow.

Wait.

Wait.

I don't think you know where I live.

I'll be waiting for you.

Please come soon.

Who is it?

It's Rodion. Raskolnikov.

Hi.

It's so early.

Is something wrong?

Come in.

Look how thin you are.

Your fingers are almost transparent.

Like those of a dead person.

I've always been like that.

So, I've come to tell you who killed Lizaveta.

How do you know who killed Lizaveta?

I just know.

Why? Have they found the murderer?

Guess.

Why do you frighten me like this?

He didn't mean to kill Lizaveta.

He killed Lizaveta by accident.

He meant to kill the old woman.

And he went there

and Lizaveta came in.

So, he killed her too.

Can't you guess?

No.

Go on.

Take a good look.

Haven't you guessed?

My God!

What have you done to yourself?

What have you done to yourself?

You're a strange one, Sonia.

I tell you a thing like that and then you, then you hug me and...

I don't think that there's anyone in the world

born happier than you.

So, you won't leave me, Sonia?

No.

I'll never leave you.

I'll follow you everywhere.

Together...

Together, we... We'll...

We'll go and then we'll serve time in prison together.

Perhaps I'm not ready to go and serve in prison yet.

Why did I say that.

It's because I'm spiteful.

I'm filled with spite, note that!

Some people wouldn't have done that.

Some people wouldn't have come.

But I came! I came because I wanted to unload myself!

Make myself feel better and make you feel worse!

But that's... That's not... That's drivel, that's...

That's so not important.

You were angry. Weren't you?

You did this, you did this to help your mother

didn't you, was that it?

What if I told you...

I wanted to become was like, like one of the world leaders?

Somebody that could just remove any obstacle, anything,

right out of his way and it would be so easy,

there would be nothing that would stop him because

it wouldn't even be a sin,

it would be so simple that he could do it.

And that's... That's what I did.

It's wrong.

People aren't allowed to act like that. Don't you see?

It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong!

But I... I just killed a louse, Sonia!

A nasty, useless, harmful louse!

A human being is a louse?

I know, I know...

I know it wasn't a louse, I... I know, but...

And what sort of killing was it? I mean...

Is that the way that people kill?

Did I... Did I really kill that old woman?

No, it was myself that I killed.

I bumped myself off in one good go, forever.

And as for that old woman, I didn't really...

Enough, please!

Enough! Just... Just leave me alone!

What should I do now, Sonia?

What shall you do?

Get up.

Get up and go this very moment.

Go and tell everyone out loud,

say "I've killed." And then God...

God will give you another life.

Will you go? Will you do it?

Will you?

To jail?

No!

Well. I guess there's no way of avoiding it now.

They're about to catch me.

No.

You're the one who wants me to go to jail.

Here, I want you to have my crucifix.

I want you to wear it.

And I want you to do, the sign of the cross over yourself.

Please?

Very well, Sonia!

And it comes straight from the heart.

Straight from the heart.

Will you visit me when I'm in jail?

Yes, I will.

Look, I think it will be a better idea if you didn't visit me in jail.

Well...

Can I come with you now?

No!

What you want a whole entourage down there?

Good morning, Mr. Raskolnikov.

What are you doing here so early?

On the other hand,

I must admit, we wondered when we'd see you again.

I'm the person.

What?

I'm the person who murdered Alyona Ivanovna.

And Lizaveta Ivanovna.

I did it with an ax.

And I robbed them.

Colonel.

I think you should hear this.

Mr. Raskolnikov just came in.

I think he has something to tell you.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.

Good morning to you, Mr. Raskolnikov.

Would you repeat what you just said?

I'm the person who murdered the women.

I did with an ax.

And I robbed them.

It was me.

Raskolnikov's trial went off without great difficulty.

A number of circumstances, to the surprise of everyone,

were strongly in favor of the accused.

Some people who knew the accused took

the stand speaking very highly of him,

describing his outstanding qualities.

His mother, an aristocratic and distinguished lady from Ukraine,

gave an emotional testimony.

Her performance moved the judge

and everybody in the small courtroom to tears.

The lady herself had a nervous breakdown

when she described Rodion's early age and how he took care of

and helped the family when they lost their father.

The most surprising testimony

came from the accused himself when he was put on the stand.

Here is a criminal who is accused of two

of the most horrifying murders.

He, himself, spoke very simply, with humbleness and humility.

Far from trying to justify himself,

seemed anxious to incriminate himself more and more.

And that was contrary to what everyone expected.

The judge was very surprised

that Raskolnikov should have hidden the purse

and the various articles he had taken from the flat

without attempting to make any use of them.

Above all, he was surprised that he never took the money,

he didn't even know how much cash he had there.

There were, as it happened, three million rubles in one of the purses.

Finally, the conclusion was drawn

that the crime itself could only have been committed

during a period of temporary insanity.

I took my responsibility

and the promises I made to Rodion most seriously.

And intervened on his behalf.

And just to make certain that all would go well,

I took the risk personally to provide a little gift for the judge.

A few days later the verdict of the court was announced.

Seven years in an open prison with hard labor was the sentence.

It was a much more lenient sentence

than could have been expected from the nature of the crime.

My promise to Rodion Romanovich had been fulfilled.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov

was sent to a hard labor prison camp in Siberia.

Sonia Semyonovna Marmeladov decided to follow him to Siberia

in order to be near him and see him at every possible opportunity.

Sonia rented a small room in a Siberian village not far from the prison.

Suffering and waiting for the only man she ever loved.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov did not mind the horrors of a convict's life

nor his shaved head, nor the hard work.

Strangely enough,

he even enjoyed the hard labor which

induced his physical exhaustion

and brought him a few hours of sleep.

He paid no attention to the cockroaches in his cabbage soup.

After all, in his former life as a student

he would go for days without any food at all.

Sonia took a job in the prison's infirmary

so she could be near him, to watch him and take care of him.

He was ill for quite a while.

He distanced himself from her.

He wouldn't even grant her a look.

But she loved him nevertheless.

And he knew that she was his only hope.

She read him a letter she received from Dounia

informing her of his mother's death.

Sonia stood by him shedding tears

over the death of Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov.

Tears that he did not shed.

Years passed by.

It is said that time heals all wounds.

One Sunday afternoon,

Raskolnikov woke up after sleeping almost the entire day.

He stood by the window and miraculously caught sight of Sonia

far away in the distance standing outside her shack,

looking as if she was waiting for him to come to her.

He felt strangely rejuvenated.

Is it perhaps that he began his recovery?

Seeing her that day stirred his emotions.

He felt something pierce his heart.

At that moment he shuddered.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov was 29

when he was released from prison.

It was a cold day in Siberia that morning.

But the air was clear and the snow was shimmering white.

As we can see, life offers a second chance

even to the worst of criminals.

The Holy books say that a man who has repented his sins

is holier than a man who has never sinned at all.