The Idiot

The Idiot (1958)

A major work of Dostoyevsky...

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1958-05-12
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Mosfilm
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Director: Ivan Pyryev
star 6.6/10
From 23 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Yuriy Yakovlev

    as Prince Myshkin
  • Yuliya Borisova

    as Nastasya Filippovna
  • Nikita Podgornyj

    as Ganya Ivolgin
  • Leonid Parkhomenko

    as Parfyon Rogozhin
  • Raisa Maksimova

    as Aglaya Yepanchina
  • Vera Pashennaya

    as General Yepanshin's wife
  • Nikolai Pazhitnov

    as General Yepanchin
  • Klavdiya Polovikova

    as Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
  • Ivan Lyubeznov

    as General Ivolgin
  • Lyudmila Ivanova

    as Varya Ivolgina
  • Vladimir Muravyov

    as Ferdyshchenko
  • Sergei Martinson

    as Lebedev
  • Pavel Strelin

    as Trotsky
  • Grigoriy Shpigel

    as Ptitsyn
  • Galina Samokhina

    as Aleksandra Yepanchina
  • Raisa Kurkina

    as Adelaida Yepanchina
  • Tamara Azarova

    as Daria Alekseyevna
Camera Valentin Pavlov Director of Photography
Writing Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel
Directing Ivan Pyryev Director
Writing Ivan Pyryev Writer
Editing Anna Kulganek Editor
Art Stalen Volkov Production Design
Sound Evgeniya Indlina Sound
Costume & Make-Up Konstantin Savitsky Costume Design
Camera Boris Aretskiy Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up Anna Patenovskaya Makeup Artist
Sound Nikolai Kryukov Original Music Composer
Camera Vladimir Meybom Camera Operator

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