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The Idiot

6.719581h 56mMovieDrama

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,…

DirectorIvan Pyryev
WriterIvan Pyryev
ProducerIsaak Bits

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The Idiot isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Russia. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Ivan Pyryev

YYYuriy Yakovlev
Yuriy Yakovlev
Prince Myshkin
YBYuliya Borisova
Yuliya Borisova
Nastasya Filippovna
NPNikita Podgornyj
Nikita Podgornyj
Ganya Ivolgin
LP
Leonid Parkhomenko
Parfyon Rogozhin
RMRaisa Maksimova
Raisa Maksimova
Aglaya Yepanchina
VPVera Pashennaya
Vera Pashennaya
General Yepanshin's wife
NP
Nikolay Pazhitnov
General Yepanchin
KPKlavdiya Polovikova
Klavdiya Polovikova
Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina
ILIvan Lyubeznov
Ivan Lyubeznov
General Ivolgin
LILyudmila Ivanova
Lyudmila Ivanova
Varya Ivolgina
VMVladimir Muravyov
Vladimir Muravyov
Ferdyshchenko
SMSergei Martinson
Sergei Martinson
Lebedev

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