Daun Haus (2000)

Director:

Roman Kachanov

Writers:

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (novel)
Roman Kachanov (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 jeeps, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Fyodor Bondarchuk	...	Count Myshkin
Ivan Okhlobystin	...	Parfyon Rogozhin
Artemiy Troitskiy	...	Totsky
Yelena Kondulainen	...	Aleksandra
Barbara Brylska	...	Yepanchina
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Ferdyshchenko
Anna Buklovskaya	...	Nastasya Filippovna
Yelena Kotelnikova	...	Aglaya
Juozas Budraitis	...	Gen. Yepanchin
Natalya Simakova	...	Adelaida
Jerzy Stuhr	...	Gen. Ivolgin
Mikhail Vladimirov	...	Ganya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olga Budina
Yuri Dumchev
Sergei Galkin	...	Rogozhin's bully friend
Aleksei Panin

Also Known As:

Даун Хаус (Russia)
Down House (International: English title)

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Movie Connections:

Version of Idiot (1958)

Maybe the best making of 'Idiot'

Being a big fan of Dostoyevsky, I'm very picky on any attempts to represent any of his writings, whether on stage or screen. Anyway, I've seen four movies based on 'Idiot'. First one is classical Soviet with Yakovlev as Count Myshkin, second - Russian TV series of early 2000s, starring E. Mironov, third - Akira Kurosawa's view. Last, but not the least - 'Down House'.

Funny thing is, this movie contains more of Dostoyevsky' spirit than any other. It's fun, it's more like 'Fear and Loathing' or 'Acid House', - but still it has an 'Idiot' inside. Great acting (don't expect any Hollywood style), hilarious plot twists and the very feeling of success transferring XIX century book to XXI century reality...