Crime and Punishment (1935 American film) Crime and Punishment (1935 American film) Crime and Punishment is a 1935 film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov (here named Roderick instead of Rodion). Von Sternberg, who was contractually obliged to make the film, disliked it, later writing that it was "no more related to the true text of the novel than the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower is related to the Russian environment." The Library of
Crime & Punishment Crime & Punishment Crime & Punishment is a 2002 reality television, nontraditional court show spin-off of the "Law & Order" franchise. It premiered on NBC on June 16, 2002, and ran through the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004. The series goes inside the District Attorney's office of San Diego County, California, as they prepared and tried cases. It involved going behind the scenes with the prosecutors as they prepared for the trial and provided three-camera coverage of the courtroom. "Crime & Punishment" has been described as a cross between a drama and a documentary or "docudrama". The series was