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Crime and Punishment

1970 film by Lev Kulidzhanov
Movie film Q1978763
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Crime and Punishment

Summary

Crime and Punishment is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crime and Punishment's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Crime and Punishment was directed by Lev Kulidzhanov[4].
  • Nikolai Figurovsky wrote the screenplay for Crime and Punishment[5].
  • Crime and Punishment's composer is recorded as Mikhail Ziv[6].
  • Crime and Punishment's genre is drama film[7].
  • Crime and Punishment's based on is recorded as Crime and Punishment[8].
  • A cast member of Crime and Punishment was Georgy Taratorkin[9].
  • A cast member of Crime and Punishment was Innokenty Smoktunovsky[10].
  • Crime and Punishment was produced by Mezhrabpom-Film[11].
  • Crime and Punishment's production company is recorded as Gorky Film Studio[12].
  • Crime and Punishment's director of photography is recorded as Vyacheslav Shumsky[13].
  • The original language of Crime and Punishment was Russian[14].
  • Crime and Punishment was distributed by video on demand[15].
  • Crime and Punishment's color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • Crime and Punishment's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[17].
  • Crime and Punishment was released on August 1970[18].
  • Crime and Punishment was published on September 28, 1970[19].
  • Crime and Punishment's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[20].
  • Crime and Punishment's narrative location is recorded as Saint Petersburg[21].
  • Crime and Punishment's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Преступление и наказание'}[22].
  • Crime and Punishment's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+221'}[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Crime and Punishment was produced by Mezhrabpom-Film[11]. It was directed by Lev Kulidzhanov[4]. Nikolai Figurovsky wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Georgy Taratorkin[9] and Innokenty Smoktunovsky[10].

Publication

Publication dates include August 1970[18] and September 28, 1970[19]. The original language of Crime and Punishment was Russian[14]. Its genre is drama film[7]. It was distributed by video on demand[15].

Why It Matters

Crime and Punishment ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Crime and Punishment film Innokenty Smoktunovsky Netflix

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → Russian
    Production company → Gorky Film Studio
    Producer → Mezhrabpom-Film
    Narrative location → Saint Petersburg
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 36232, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
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