The Idiot

Идиот

“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...

Novela

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Director

Ivan Pyryev

Screenplay

Ivan Pyryev

Music

Nikolai Kryukov

Status

Released

Release date

12/05/1958

Original language

Russian