Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment

A staged reading
Axel Pape Gastspiele. Niklas Kohrt as Raskolnikov and other roles. Axel Pape as prosecutor Porfiry and other roles. Costumes: Gioia Raspé. Video design: Henning Groß. Music: Axel Pape.

Thomas Mann called it "the greatest crime novel of all time" - a story that builds masterful tension around young Raskolnikov, who rebels against a world gone off its hinges, while prosecutor Porfiry closes in on him as the prime murder suspect. Dostoyevsky's prose fuses suspense with humour, blunt force with poetry. The story also reads as a strikingly contemporary portrait of our world, filled with timeless characters wrestling with a path toward hope in the face of threatening social upheaval. "A brilliant guest performance at the Renaissance-Theater" - Berlin's city magazine.

Photo: Tommy Hetzel