Idiot (2003– )

The thrilling drama based on the world's greatest masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Half-sane Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss psycho-clinic to face the glamorous world of St Petersburg. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Yevgeny Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov, Lydia Velezheva

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yevgeny Mironov	...	Knyaz Lev Myshkin (2003) (as Evgeniy Mironov)
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Parfyon Rogozhin (2003)
Lydia Velezheva	...	Nastasya Filippovna (2003) (as Lidiya Velezheva)
Olga Budina	...	Aglaya Epanchina (2003)
Inna Churikova	...	Elizaveta Epanchina (2003)
Oleg Basilashvili	...	General Ivan Epanchin (2003)
Vladimir Ilin	...	Lukyan Lebedev (2003)
Aleksandr Lazarev	...	Ganya Ivolgin (2003)
Andrey Smirnov	...	Afansiy Totskiy (2003)
Anastasiya Melnikova	...	Aleksandra Epanchina (2003)
Rosina Tsidulko	...	Adelaida Epanchina (2003)
Sergey Muchenikov	...	Lakey Epanchinykh (2003)
Aleksey Petrenko	...	General Ardalion Ivolgin (2003)
Mikhail Boyarskiy	...	Poruchik Keller (2003)
Larisa Malevannaya	...	Nina Ivolgina (2003)

Storyline

The thrilling drama based on the world's greatest masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Half-sane Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss psycho-clinic to face the glamorous world of St Petersburg. Here vice, money and extortion rule. Myshkin finds himself in the whirlpool of intrigue. He inherits an enormous fortune, acquires affections of the vicious Nastassya Filippovna and the beautiful young Aglaya. Scandal, murder and incredible love affair follow. Plunge into the atmosphere of the 19th century St Petersburg created by the impressive authentic costumes and sceneries in the most expensive TV-project in Russia

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Plot Keywords:

dostoevsky | monte carlo tv festival | tv mini series

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

12 May 2003 (Russia)

Also Known As:

A félkegyelmű

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

550 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Idiot (1966)

User Reviews

Fantastic

Mironov is Myshkin - incredible acting, with or without words, you know exactly what he is thinking and feeling. Absolutely wonderful adaptation of one of my favourite books. Mashkov is also outstanding as Rogozhin, a very scary man indeed! Mashkov does have a very commanding screen presence in everything I've ever seen him in (try Vor), but this was just great. All the lead actresses were great in my view, especially Olga Budina as Aglaya Ivanovna. I do have to echo the comments about the subtitles though! I was really surprised to find them on my DVD (no idea about international availability, bought here), I didn't think that a Russian TV series would have them, but I supposed the International Television Festival attention - and award for Mironov made them necessary. Very sad that a better job wasn't made. I was very glad I didn't need them! Some bits are fine, and others have daft spelling mistakes, and elementary mistakes in grammar and translation. What was going on? It really distracted from the actors' work. The best films with subtitles are those where you forget that you are watching a subtitled film. This cannot happen with these.