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The Idiot

The Idiot

# A major work of Dostoyevsky...
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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...
🌏 Languages Available: Russian
📆 Date Released: 1958-05-12
⌚ Running Time: 116 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.6

Beloved Cast

Yuriy Yakovlev original image
Prince Myshkin
Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuliya Borisova original image
Nastasya Filippovna
Yuliya Borisova
Nikita Podgornyj original image
Ganya Ivolgin
Nikita Podgornyj
Leonid Parkhomenko original image
Parfyon Rogozhin
Leonid Parkhomenko
Raisa Maksimova original image
Aglaya Yepanchina
Raisa Maksimova
Vera Pashennaya original image
General Yepanshin's wife
Vera Pashennaya
Nikolai Pazhitnov original image
General Yepanchin
Nikolai Pazhitnov
Klavdiya Polovikova original image
Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
Klavdiya Polovikova
Ivan Lyubeznov original image
General Ivolgin
Ivan Lyubeznov
Lyudmila Ivanova original image
Varya Ivolgina
Lyudmila Ivanova
Vladimir Muravyov original image
Ferdyshchenko
Vladimir Muravyov
Sergei Martinson original image
Lebedev
Sergei Martinson
Pavel Strelin original image
Trotsky
Pavel Strelin
Grigoriy Shpigel original image
Ptitsyn
Grigoriy Shpigel
Galina Samokhina original image
Aleksandra Yepanchina
Galina Samokhina
Raisa Kurkina original image
Adelaida Yepanchina
Raisa Kurkina
Tamara Azarova original image
Daria Alekseyevna
Tamara Azarova

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