A Discussion of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Crocodile

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1973

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Suggests several interpretations of The Crocodile based on Dostoyevsky's disillusionment with the Russian bureaucracy, middle class, and politics. Refers to the story as satire as well as an early example of the absurd in literature. Dramatizes several possible concluding scenes, leaving the interpretation open-ended. Narrated by Clifton Fadiman. The Crocodile by Fyodor Dostoyevsky also available.

1 user has this film:
Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive

Related films:

Original permalink · Record added: 2024-04-22 18:55:20