“A major work of Dostoyevsky...”
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
Prince Myshkin
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Kin-dza-dza!
Yuliya Borisova
Nastasya Filippovna
Also in
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union
Three Encounters
Nikita Podgornyj
Ganya Ivolgin
Known for
Autumn Marathon
Leonid Parkhomenko
Parfyon Rogozhin
Also in
The Colt
Poem of the Sea
Raisa Maksimova
Aglaya Yepanchina
Also in
Women Who Got Lucky
Widows
Vera Pashennaya
General Yepanshin's wife
Also in
Polikushka
The Story about Newlyweds
Nikolay Pazhitnov
General Yepanchin
Also in
12 Chairs
The New Moscow
Klavdiya Polovikova
Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
Known for
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
Ivan Lyubeznov
General Ivolgin
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
Hello, Moscow!
Lyudmila Ivanova
Varya Ivolgina
Also in
Oblomov
Bondwomen
Vladimir Muravyov
Ferdyshchenko
Also in
Shadows of the Old Castle
The Man from Nowhere
Sergei Martinson
Lebedev
Known for
Thumbelina
The Adventures of Mowgli
Ivan Pyryev Director · Fyodor Dostoevsky Author Nikolai Kryukov Composer
First release May 12, 1958 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Идиот
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Идиот
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 12, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
China
February 7, 1959 · Theatrical
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