Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Pyotr and Stavrogin, leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell, train terrorists to participate in a plot to overthrow the tsar, destroy society, and seize power, but when the group is threatened with exposure, the recruits must decide how far they are willing to go to save themselves.

Raskolnikov, a former Russian student, murders an old pawnbroker and her sister, and the subsequent guilt with which he struggles results in a tragedy of tension and terror.

Presents Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes From Underground", which explores the passionate confessions of a suffering man who identifies himself as sick and spiteful, as well as two additional short stories and excerpts from his longer work, "The House of the Dead.".

Mirrors the turmoil of nineteeth-century Russia, denouncing both nihilists and revolutionaries.