The Idiot
“A major work of Dostoyevsky...”
Synopsis
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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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Anna KulganekShot by Valentin PavlovScored by Nikolai KryukovDesigned by Stalen Volkov
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Yuriy Yakovlev
as Prince Lev Myshkin
Yuliya Borisova
as Nastasya Filippovna
Nikita Podgorny
as Ganya Ivolgin
Vera Pashennaya
as Elizaveta Yepanchina - General's wife
Nikolai Pazhitnov
as General Yepanchin
Sergey Martinson
as Lebedev
Leonid Parkhomenko
as Parfyon Rogozhin
Emmanuil Geller
as Hussar
Raisa Maksimova
as Aglaya Yepanchina
Vladimir Muravyov
as Ferdyshchenko
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