The Idiot (1958)

The Idiot (1958)

A major work of Dostoyevsky... 1958-05-12 Soviet Union 116 Min. PG-13
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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...

Cast

Юрий Яковлев is Prince Myshkin
Yuliya Borisova is Nastasya Filippovna
Nastasya Filippovna
Nikita Podgornyj is Ganya Ivolgin
Ganya Ivolgin
Leonid Parkhomenko is Parfyon Rogozhin
Parfyon Rogozhin
Raisa Maksimova is Aglaya Yepanchina
Aglaya Yepanchina
Vera Pashennaya is General Yepanshin's wife
General Yepanshin's wife
Nikolai Pazhitnov is General Yepanchin
General Yepanchin
Клавдия Половикова is Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
Иван Любезнов is General Ivolgin
Lyudmila Ivanova is Varya Ivolgina
Varya Ivolgina