Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank) c.1883 Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major…
The Idiot Director: Georges Lampin Producer: Sacha Gordine Screenplay: Charles Spaak, Georges Raevsky Based on: The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Drama Music: Vladimir de Butzow, Maurice Thiriet Country: France Language: French Studio: Films Sacha Gordine Release date: 1946…
Crime and Punishment Director: Georges Lampin Producer: Jules Borkon Screenplay: Charles Spaak Based on: Crime and Punishment (1866) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Crime | Drama Music: Maurice Thiriet Country: France Language: French Studio: Champs-Elysées Films | Pathé Release date: 1956 Running time:…
The Possessed Director: Andrzej Wajda Producer: Margaret Ménégoz Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière Based on: The Possessed (1872) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Drama Music: Zygmunt Konieczny Country: France Language: French Studio: Gaumont Release date: 1988 Running time: 116 minutes Isabelle Huppert (1953)…
White Nights Director: Luchino Visconti Producer: Franco Cristaldi Screenplay: Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Luchino Visconti Based on: White Nights (1848) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Genre: Drama | Romantic Music: Nino Rota Country: Italia | France Language: Italian Studio: Rank Film Release date:…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) “To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” Crime and Punishment “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men…
(1821–1881) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Works: • Crime and Punishment (1866) • Notes from the Underground (1864) • Poor Folk (1846) ◊ Arme Leute (German) • Short Stories (English) • The Brothers Karamazov (1880) ◊ The Grand Inquisitor (English) ◊ Der Großinquisitor (German)…
Museums: • Hermitage Museum: Location: 38 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Cental District, Saint Petersburg Births: • Kedrova, Lila (1918-2000) • Lampin, Georges (1901-1979) • Sanders, George (1906-1972) • Savelyeva, Lyudmila (1942) Deaths: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796) • Dostoyevsky,…