The Kreutzer Sonata

Overview

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.

Cast

Boris Orsky

Pozdnyshev

Evgeniya Uvarova

Pozdnyshev's wife

Lydia Sycheva

Wife's mother

Mikhail Tamarov

Leo Tolstoy