The Idiot

The Idiot

1958
1h 56m
6.4

6.4/10

25 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"A major work of Dostoyevsky..."

Overview

The film is based on the first part of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 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...

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Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

based on novel or book dostoevsky

Quick Facts

Original Title Идиот
Release Date May 12, 1958
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0051762

Cast

Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev

Prince Myshkin

Yuliya Borisova
Yuliya Borisova

Nastasya Filippovna

Nikita Podgornyj
Nikita Podgornyj

Ganya Ivolgin

Leonid Parkhomenko
Leonid Parkhomenko

Parfyon Rogozhin

Raisa Maksimova
Raisa Maksimova

Aglaya Yepanchina

Vera Pashennaya
Vera Pashennaya

General Yepanshin's wife

Nikolai Pazhitnov
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

Key Crew

Ivan Pyryev
Director
Ivan Pyryev
Writer
Isaak Bits
Executive Producer