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Crime and Punishment, is a 1957 Egyptian movie, directed by Ibrahim Emara, and starring Shoukry Sarhan, Magda Al Sabahi, Zahrat Al-Ola. with a runtime of 135 minutes.
Crime and Punishment is an Egyptian drama adaptation of Dostoevsky's towering novel, transposing its moral and psychological weight into a local context. Ahmed Hosni, driven to desperation, deliberately murders and robs an elderly moneylender — then accidentally kills her sister Qamar in the chaos that follows. In the aftermath, a paralyzing fear takes hold of him, triggering a physical and psychological collapse. As police investigators close in, Hosni is torn between the instinct for self-preservation and the unbearable pressure of guilt. The film delves into the inner torment of a man undone not by law but by his own conscience, honoring Dostoevsky's central insight that punishment begins long before any verdict.
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