In film, Raskolnikov was portrayed for the first time by Gregori Chmara in the silent adaptation Raskolnikov, directed by Robert Wiene (1923). Raskolnikov is sentenced to exile in Siberia, accompanied by Sofya Semyonovna, where he experiences a mental and spiritual rebirth. After he confesses to the destitute, pious prostitute Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladova, she guides him towards admitting to the crime, and he confesses to the police. Raskolnikov finds a small purse on Alyona Ivanovna's body, which he hides under a rock without checking its contents. He commits the murder, but is so nervous during the crime that he makes a few mistakes, and is afraid that he will be caught. It is later revealed that he also commits the murder as justification for his pride, as he wants to prove that he is "exceptional" in the way Napoleon was. He is devoted to his sister (Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova) and his mother (Pulkheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova).Īn impoverished student with a conflicted idea of himself, Raskolnikov (Rodya as his mother calls him) decides to kill a corrupt pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna, with whom he has been dealing, with the idea of using the money to start his life all over, and to help those who are in need of it. He is handsome and intelligent, though generally disliked by fellow students.
He sleeps on a couch using old clothes as a pillow, and due to lack of money eats very rarely. He lives in a tiny garret which he rents, although due to a lack of funds has been avoiding payment for quite some time. Raskolnikov is a young ex-law student living in extreme poverty in Saint Petersburg. The name Rodion comes from Greek and indicates an inhabitant of Rhodes. The name Raskolnikov derives from the Russian raskolnik meaning "schismatic" (traditionally referring to a member of the Old Believer movement). Rodión Románovich Raskólʹnikov, IPA: ) is the fictional protagonist of the 1866 novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Raskolnikov, drawn by Russian painter Pyotr Mikhaylovich Boklevskiy in 1880s
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