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21 July 1960 (USA)
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Upon Prince Myshkin's return to St. Petersburg from an asylum in Switzerland, he becomes beguiled by the lovely young Aglaya...
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Best Dostoevsky Adaptation Ever
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Yuriy Yakovlev | ... | Prince Myshkin |
| Yuliya Borisova | ... | Nastasia Philippovna |
| Nikita Podgornyj | ... | Ganya Ivolgin |
| Vera Pashennaya | ... | General's wife |
| Nikolai Pazhitnov | ... | General Yepanchin (as N.Pazhitnov) |
| Sergei Martinson | ... | Lebedev |
| Leonid Parkhomenko | ... | Parfen Rogozhin |
| Emmanuil Geller | ||
| Raisa Maksimova | ... | Aglaya Yepanchina (as Raya Maksimova) |
| Vladimir Muravyov | ... | Ferdishchenko (as V. Muravyov) |
| Ivan Lyubeznov | ... | General Ivolgin (as I. Lyubeznov) |
| Grigori Shpigel | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Olesya Ivanova | ... | Varya Ivolgina |
| Klavdiya Polovikova | ... | Nina Alexandrovna Ivolgina |
| P. Strelin | ... | Totsky |
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| Ivan Pyryev | |||
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| Fyodor Dostoevsky | novel "The Idiot" | |
| Ivan Pyryev | writer | |
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| Nikolai Kryukov | |||
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| Valentin Pavlov | |||
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| Anna Kulganek | (as A. Kulganek) | ||
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| Stalen Volkov | |||
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| Yevgeniya Indlina | .... | sound | |
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- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1960) (USA) (subtitled)
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"Idiot" - Soviet Union (original title)
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124 min | USA:122 min
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Color (Sovcolor)
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This is how Dostoevsky adaptations need to be, and hardly ever are. 1) Everyone needs to act like they're on crack all the time, 2) It needs to be either snowing or 100 degrees all the time, and 3) Everyone's eyes have to be crazy.
This film meets all those requirements, and it's the only one that does. Although the second part was never made, the first part is worth watching and re-watching. The crazy Soviet montages, the crazy eyes, the red velvet everywhere, the lighting from beneath that makes everyone look like they're in hell...it's brilliant.
The soundtrack is gorgeous. I wish I could find it on mp3. And when one character says to another: "What's wrong with your face?" the face in question is worth the entire film. And it's pure Dostoevsky. HUZZAH for this film.