The Idiot
19581h 56m
66%
27 TMDB ratings
Directed by Ivan Pyryev
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...
A major work of Dostoyevsky...
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- Release date
- May 12, 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Director
- Ivan Pyryev
