Research Guides: IDS 101: Existentialism in Literature: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment: Videos & Websites

Crime and Punishment Online Resources

Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Map
This map provides images of several places mentioned in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" Map annotated by J. W. Connolly.
Crime and Punishment - from Columbia College
An online guide providing biographical and historical info related to Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
Historical Context for Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Another page from Columbia College
Why Should You Read “Crime and Punishment”?
A TED talk by Alex Gendler.

Philosophy Websites

Friedrich Nietzsche
A student-friendly page about Nietzsche from the Philosophy Pages.
Søren Kierkegaard
A student-friendly page about Kierkegaard from the Philosophy Pages.

Original Language Versions of Your Textbooks

Frygt og Bæven: Dialektisk Lyrik
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
Der Antichrist
The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche
Prestuplenie i Nakazanie
Crime and Punishment by Feodor Dostoevsky

Streaming Documentary Videos

Bryan Magee talks to J.P. Stern about Nietzsche
From the BBC series, The Great Philosophers, 1987.

Dostoevsky Videos in the Hatfield Library and Summit

Crime and Punishment (1989)
Call Number: MOH VHS Storage PN1995.91.R8 P8 1989

A former law student kills two women and is tortured by remorse. Directed by Lev Kulijanov .
In Russian with English subtitles.
Rikos ja Rangaistus = Crime and Punishment (1983) by Aki Kaurismäki
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.F5 A54 2008, Vol. 1

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)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.L5 N46 2012

A modern version of Dostoyevsky's classic of one man's search for the true meaning of his existence. (American-Russian-Polish production)
Crime and Punishment (1935) by Pierre Chenal
Call Number: In Summit only

French adaptation from 1935. VHS format, in French with English subtitles.
The Idiot (Hakuchi) by Akira Kurosawa
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.J3 H228 2007

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.
Love and Death
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.9.C55 L63 2000

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

DVD Players on Campus

AV Room 1 (Mark O. Hatfield Library Second Floor)

Check out keys at the Circulation Desk

Digital Learning Studio (Ford 101)

Students are welcome to contact the DLS or drop by to reserve the studio for group viewings of DVDs and we will be happy to assist them, especially in the evening or when there are no classes utilizing the space. For individual DVD watching, the studio has 7 iMACS, with external DVD drives available that can be used as DVD watching stations, students can contact us and we can reserve an iMAC for them. The studio is located in Ford 101, or we can be reached at digital-learning-studio@willamette.edu or 503-375-5492

Streaming Film Adaptations of Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1935)
Starring Peter Lorre.
Crime and Punishment (1969) (Part 1/7)
Russian version directed by Lev Kulijanov from 1969. (In Russian with English subtitles.)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 2/7)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 3/7)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 4/7)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 5/7)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 6/7)
Crime and Punishment (1969) (part 7/7)
Crime and Punishment, Part One (2002)
A BBC production.
Crime and Punishment, Part Two (2002)
A BBC production.

Videos about Existentialism

Jean-Paul Sartre: A 20 Year Absence?
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) B2430.S34 J43 2011

A host of friends, scholars, and philosophers discuss Sartre's works and his pivotal role in the Existentialist movement.
Simone de Beauvoir.
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PQ2603.E362 Z46 2008

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

Films by Aki Kaurismaki

Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.F5 A73 2008

Shadows in Paradise / Ariel / The Match Factory Girl
Aki Kaurismäki Collection: Vol. 3
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.F5 A54 2008

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

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