The Idiot (1958)
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...
Release Date: 1958-05-12
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Ivan Pyryev
Top Cast
- Yuriy Yakovlev as Prince Myshkin
- Yuliya Borisova as Nastasya Filippovna
- Nikita Podgornyj as Ganya Ivolgin
- Leonid Parkhomenko as Parfyon Rogozhin
- Raisa Maksimova as Aglaya Yepanchina
- Vera Pashennaya as General Yepanshin's wife
- Nikolai Pazhitnov as General Yepanchin
- Klavdiya Polovikova as Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
- Ivan Lyubeznov as General Ivolgin
- Lyudmila Ivanova as Varya Ivolgina
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