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The Idiot (1958)

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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Ivan Pyryev profile
Ivan Pyryev

Director

Cast

Yuriy Yakovlev profile
Yuriy Yakovlev

Prince Myshkin

Yuliya Borisova profile
Yuliya Borisova

Nastasya Filippovna

Nikita Podgornyj profile
Nikita Podgornyj

Ganya Ivolgin

Leonid Parkhomenko profile
Leonid Parkhomenko

Parfyon Rogozhin

Raisa Maksimova profile
Raisa Maksimova

Aglaya Yepanchina

Vera Pashennaya profile
Vera Pashennaya

General Yepanshin's wife

Nikolai Pazhitnov profile
Nikolai Pazhitnov

General Yepanchin

Klavdiya Polovikova profile
Klavdiya Polovikova

Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina

Ivan Lyubeznov profile
Ivan Lyubeznov

General Ivolgin

Lyudmila Ivanova profile
Lyudmila Ivanova

Varya Ivolgina

Vladimir Muravyov profile
Vladimir Muravyov

Ferdyshchenko

Sergei Martinson profile
Sergei Martinson

Lebedev

Yuriy Yakovlev profile
Yuriy Yakovlev

Prince Myshkin

Yuliya Borisova profile
Yuliya Borisova

Nastasya Filippovna

Nikita Podgornyj profile
Nikita Podgornyj

Ganya Ivolgin

Leonid Parkhomenko profile
Leonid Parkhomenko

Parfyon Rogozhin

Raisa Maksimova profile
Raisa Maksimova

Aglaya Yepanchina

Vera Pashennaya profile
Vera Pashennaya

General Yepanshin's wife

Nikolai Pazhitnov profile
Nikolai Pazhitnov

General Yepanchin

Klavdiya Polovikova profile
Klavdiya Polovikova

Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina

Ivan Lyubeznov profile
Ivan Lyubeznov

General Ivolgin

Lyudmila Ivanova profile
Lyudmila Ivanova

Varya Ivolgina

Vladimir Muravyov profile
Vladimir Muravyov

Ferdyshchenko

Sergei Martinson profile
Sergei Martinson

Lebedev

Extra

Release Date

May 12, 1958

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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