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.
Vladimir Gardin | Writer |
Leo Tolstoy | Novel |
Vladimir Gardin | Director |
Boris Mikhin | Production Design |
Aleksandr Levitsky | Director of Photography |