by Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky
Poor student Raskolnikov believes he has committed the perfect murder when he slays a greedy old pawnbroker. Great men, he thinks, are allowed to destroy "life unworthy of life" in order to promote "life worth living". But he has made the calculation without the astute investigating judge Porfirij, who pushes him further and further into a corner despite the lack of evidence.
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Anette Daugardt/Uwe Neumann: Schuld & Sühne
Anette Daugardt/Uwe Neumann: Schuld & Sühne
Anette Daugardt/Uwe Neumann: Schuld & Sühne
Anette Daugardt/Uwe Neumann: Schuld & Sühne
In a stage adaptation for the KantTheaterBerlin, Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann have taken the novel by the Russian writer Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, published in 1866, as their model and turned it into an exciting play. Closely following the original text, they limit themselves to the exact description of the murder and to the interrogation scene in which the crime finally comes to light.
By and with Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann
- Funded by the NEUSTART KULTUR program with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
(in German)
Additional information
"The production focuses entirely on the spoken word.
It manages without any props on stage, apart from two chairs and a bottle of red wine. It skillfully navigates the boundary between intellectual debate and tension, between monologue and dialogue, its own constructive narrative with corresponding justification strategies and the juxtaposition with the supposedly universally valid rules of justice. In the garden of the Globe you can then discuss what you have seen with Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann.
This is approachable theater that enables direct confrontation with both the material and the makers."
hamburgtheater.de
"This is made clear by the short but highly intense production. Raskolnikov's megalomania is exemplary and not a little reminiscent of characters that determine world events today. Dostoyevsky's narcissistic, cruel, self-righteous character has universal greatness. Daugardt and Neumann's production is gripping and harrowing at the same time." Fränkische Landeszeitung
"Daugardt and Neumann show a great performance in their interplay - let Dostoyevsky's words work, which seem timeless and modern: thriller and conflict arise in the head cinema (...) The audience is thrilled, even impressed, which power still today is in Dostoyevsky's words. The duo impressively brought these words to life. Deserved applause."
Giessener Allgemeine
It manages without any props on stage, apart from two chairs and a bottle of red wine. It skillfully navigates the boundary between intellectual debate and tension, between monologue and dialogue, its own constructive narrative with corresponding justification strategies and the juxtaposition with the supposedly universally valid rules of justice. In the garden of the Globe you can then discuss what you have seen with Anette Daugardt and Uwe Neumann.
This is approachable theater that enables direct confrontation with both the material and the makers."
hamburgtheater.de
"This is made clear by the short but highly intense production. Raskolnikov's megalomania is exemplary and not a little reminiscent of characters that determine world events today. Dostoyevsky's narcissistic, cruel, self-righteous character has universal greatness. Daugardt and Neumann's production is gripping and harrowing at the same time." Fränkische Landeszeitung
"Daugardt and Neumann show a great performance in their interplay - let Dostoyevsky's words work, which seem timeless and modern: thriller and conflict arise in the head cinema (...) The audience is thrilled, even impressed, which power still today is in Dostoyevsky's words. The duo impressively brought these words to life. Deserved applause."
Giessener Allgemeine
Dates
August 2026
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