The Idiot

A major work of Dostoyevsky...

6.4
19581h 56m

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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Photo of Yuriy Yakovlev

Yuriy Yakovlev

Prince Myshkin

Photo of Yuliya Borisova

Yuliya Borisova

Nastasya Filippovna

Photo of Nikita Podgornyj

Nikita Podgornyj

Ganya Ivolgin

Photo of Raisa Maksimova

Raisa Maksimova

Aglaya Yepanchina

Photo of Vera Pashennaya

Vera Pashennaya

General Yepanshin's wife

Photo of Klavdiya Polovikova

Klavdiya Polovikova

Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina

Photo of Ivan Lyubeznov

Ivan Lyubeznov

General Ivolgin

Photo of Lyudmila Ivanova

Lyudmila Ivanova

Varya Ivolgina

Photo of Vladimir Muravyov

Vladimir Muravyov

Ferdyshchenko

Photo of Galina Samokhina

Galina Samokhina

Aleksandra Yepanchina

Photo of Raisa Kurkina

Raisa Kurkina

Adelaida Yepanchina

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