The Idiot (1958)
1958 · Short film · 9 min · dir. Ivan Pyryev
A major work of Dostoyevsky...
- Drama
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…
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Details
- Director
- Ivan Pyryev
- Writer
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Composer
- Nikolai Kryukov
- Cinematography
- Valentin Pavlov
- Studio
- Mosfilm
- Released
- 1958-05-12
- Original title
- Идиот
- Running time
- 9 minutes
Cast & crew
Ivan Pyryev Director
Yuriy Yakovlev
Yuliya Borisova
Nikita Podgornyj- Leonid Parkhomenko
Raisa Maksimova
Vera Pashennaya- Nikolay Pazhitnov
Klavdiya Polovikova
