Isolated and poor, Raskolnikov, a student, finds no sense in life. He is sure of only one thing - truly great men are above the law in all ways. Finding himself deeply in debt, he plans to put his theory to the ultimate test.

Raskolnikov, having brutally killed the old pawnbroker and her half-sister, escaped from the scene of the crime.

Obsessed with the fear that Porfiry suspects him, Raskolnikov has promised to tell Sonia who killed the old pawnbroker and her sister. He has returned to his room unaware that a greater danger awaits him there.