The Idiot (1958)
Idiot
A major work of Dostoyevsky...
122 min
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...
- Release date
- May 12, 1958
- Country of origin
- Russia
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Cast
- Yuriy Yakovlev as Prince Lev Myshkin
- Yuliya Borisova as Nastasya Filippovna
- Nikita Podgorny as Ganya Ivolgin
- Leonid Parkhomenko as Parfyon Rogozhin
- Vera Pashennaya as Elizaveta Yepanchina - General's wife
- Nikolai Pazhitnov as General Yepanchin
- Klavdiya Polovikova as Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
- Ivan Lyubeznov as General Ivolgin
- Vladimir Muravyov as Ferdyshchenko
- Sergey Martinson as Lebedev
- Grigoriy Shpigel as Ptitsyn
- Galina Samokhina as Aleksandra Yepanchina
- Raisa Kurkina as Adelaida Yepanchina
- Emmanuil Geller as Hussar
- Raisa Maksimova as Aglaya Yepanchina
Crew
- Ivan Pyrev · Director
- Ivan Pyrev · Writer
- Fyodor Dostoevsky · Writer
- Nikolai Kryukov · Composer
- Valentin Pavlov · Cinematographer
- Anna Kulganek · Editor
- Stalen Volkov · Production designer