IDS 101: Existentialism in Literature: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment: Videos, Music, and Websites

A host of friends, scholars, and philosophers discuss Sartre's works and his pivotal role in the Existentialist movement.

In this interview filmed in Paris for Radio-Canada in 1959, Simone de Beauvoir explains her philosophy, existentialism, and more.

The existential philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, in conversations with Simone de Beauvoir and others, discusses his career, philosophy, and writings.

A former law student kills two women and is tortured by remorse. Directed by Lev Kulijanov .
In Russian with English subtitles.
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This film follows the descent into crime of Rahikainan, a slaughterhouse worker and former law student, who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police. Effectively updating Dostoevsky's great novel to 1980's Helsinki, this remarkably assured debut offers a sharp critique of Finnish society. (In Finnish with English Subtitles, PAL format)

A modern version of Dostoyevsky's classic of one man's search for the true meaning of his existence. (American-Russian-Polish production)

French adaptation from 1935. VHS format, in French with English subtitles.

Based on Dostoyevsky's fable of a holy fool, this story which takes place in Hokkaido in the winter is about a man who returns home after a stay in an asylum. He is being drawn toward Christianity; his antagonist is an anarchist.

Based on a short story by Dostoevsky.

When the teenage wife of a pawnbroker suddenly and inexplicably commits suicide, her distraught husband tries to understand why. Adapted from Dostoevsky's short story, " A Gentle Creature."

A comedy by Woody Allen, who drew heavily from Dostoevsky’s life and fiction.

An existential drama and love story set in a seedy Mexican coastal town. Based on a novel by Jean Paul Sartre.

An opera in four acts by Sergey Prokofiev based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

An opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček. The libretto was translated and adapted by the composer from the 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Shadows in Paradise / Ariel / The Match Factory Girl

Crime and Punishment / Calamari Union / Hamlet Goes Business / La Vie de Bohème