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The Idiot

The Idiot

★ 6.7/10•1958•1h 56m•Drama

A major work of Dostoyevsky...

Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from Switzerland, where he was treated in a psychiatric clinic. On the train, on the way to St. Petersburg, the prince meets Parfyon Rogozhin, who tells him of his passionate love for Nastasya Filippovna, the former containment woman of the millionaire Totsky. In St. Petersburg, the prince finds himself in the house of his distant relative – Lizaveta Yepanchina (General's wife), meets her husband, their daughters, as well as the Secretary of General – Ganya Ivolgin. The portrait of Nastasya Filippovna, accidentally seen on the general’s table, makes a great impression on the prince...

Ivan Pyryev · Director

Ivan Pyryev · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 56m
LanguageRU
Release DateMay 12, 1958

Actors

Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Prince Myshkin

Yuliya Borisova

Yuliya Borisova

Nastasya Filippovna

Nikita Podgornyj

Nikita Podgornyj

Ganya Ivolgin

Leonid Parkhomenko

Parfyon Rogozhin

Raisa Maksimova

Raisa Maksimova

Aglaya Yepanchina

Vera Pashennaya

Vera Pashennaya

General Yepanshin's wife

Nikolai Pazhitnov

General Yepanchin

Klavdiya Polovikova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina

Ivan Lyubeznov

Ivan Lyubeznov

General Ivolgin

Lyudmila Ivanova

Lyudmila Ivanova

Varya Ivolgina

Vladimir Muravyov

Vladimir Muravyov

Ferdyshchenko

Sergei Martinson

Sergei Martinson

Lebedev

Pavel Strelin

Pavel Strelin

Trotsky

Grigoriy Shpigel

Grigoriy Shpigel

Ptitsyn

Galina Samokhina

Galina Samokhina

Aleksandra Yepanchina

Raisa Kurkina

Raisa Kurkina

Adelaida Yepanchina

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