How is the 2012 film Student based on Crime and Punishment?

The 2012 Kazakhstani drama film Student, directed by Darezhan Omirbaev, is a cinematic adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic 1866 novel Crime and Punishment. The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It is part of a long history of adaptations, joining at least 30 other film versions of the same novel.

What we know

• The 2012 film Student is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment. [2]
• Student is a Kazakhstani drama film directed by Darezhan Omirbaev. [1, 2, 3]
• The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
• There have been at least 30 film adaptations of Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel in total. [4]

Where to go next

• whoWho directed the film Student?
• the bigger pictureWhat other film versions exist of Crime and Punishment?
• how we knowWhich films competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
• compared withWhat is the original plot of the novel Crime and Punishment?
• what followedHow did international audiences react to the film Student at Cannes?
• an unexpected connectionHow does a Kazakhstani drama connect to a 19th-century Russian novel?Dostoyevsky's 1866 St. Petersburg-set novel serves as the direct narrative foundation for a contemporary Kazakhstani film adaptation.

Sources

• [1]Student (Wikidata Q1074519) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Student (film) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Darezhan Omirbaev · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Film adaptations of Crime and Punishment · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]2012 Cannes Film Festival · CC BY-SA 4.0