The Idiot
·
1968
·3h 0min
Prince Myshkin is a good man, yet his goodness borders on naivety—or even idiocy. After spending his youth in a Swiss sanatorium being treated for epilepsy and autism, he returns to Russia to enter social circles riddled with hypocrisy and greed. One emerges from the experience dazed, as if waking from a troubled dream.
Storyline
Prince Myshkin is a good man, yet his goodness borders on naivety—or even idiocy. After spending his youth in a Swiss sanatorium being treated for epilepsy and autism, he returns to Russia to enter social circles riddled with hypocrisy and greed. One emerges from the experience dazed, as if waking from a troubled dream.
Released
1/1/1968
Runtime
3h 0min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
French
Production
Office national de radiodiffusion télévision française
Cast
Philippe Avron
Prince Myshkin
Charles Denner
Rogozhin
Olivier Hussenot
Lebedev
Gérard Bayle
Keller
Jean Herbert
Zalyozhev
Elisabeth Alain
Aglaya
Catherine Ariel
A guest
Michel Beaune
Ganya
Robert Blome
A guest
Yves Brainville
General Yepanchin
Florence Brière
Darya
Madeleine Cheminat
Nina
Jacques Famery
The servant
Dider Hussenot
The pianist
Philippe Kellerson
General Ivolgin
Guy Kerner
Totsky
Jean Marconi
A guest
Sophie Marin
Varya
Guy Minot
Radomsky
Pierre Moncorbier
Ivan Petrovich
Solange Oswald
Alexandra
Ghislaine Porret
Adelaida
Christiane Ribes
Princess Belokonsky
Lina Roxa
A guest
Catherine Sellers
Nastasya Filippovna
Valentine Tessier
Madame Yepanchin
Paul Villé
The old man
