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The Idiot
Release Date: May 12, 1958
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Genres: Drama

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 | Prince Myshkin
Yuliya Borisova | Nastasya Filippovna
Nikita Podgornyj | Ganya Ivolgin
Leonid Parkhomenko | Parfyon Rogozhin
Raisa Maksimova | Aglaya Yepanchina
Vera Pashennaya | General Yepanshin's wife
Featured Crew
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Valentin Pavlov | Director of Photography
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Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novel
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Ivan Pyryev | Director
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Ivan Pyryev | Writer
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Anna Kulganek | Editor
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Stalen Volkov | Production Design