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The Idiot

66.25% | May 12, 1958
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...

Top Billed Cast

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Yuriy Yakovlev
Prince Myshkin
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Yuliya Borisova
Nastasya Filippovna
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Nikita Podgornyj
Ganya Ivolgin
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Leonid Parkhomenko
Parfyon Rogozhin
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Raisa Maksimova
Aglaya Yepanchina

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
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Evgeniya Indlina
Sound
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Konstantin Savitsky
Costume Design
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Boris Aretskiy
Camera Operator
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Anna Patenovskaya
Makeup Artist
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Nikolai Kryukov
Original Music Composer
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Vladimir Meybom
Camera Operator

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