Overview
The film is based on the first part of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 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, the former containment woman of the millionaire Totsky. In St. Petersburg, the prince finds himself in the house of his distant relative – Lizaveta Yepanchina (General's wife), meets her husband, their daughters, as well as the Secretary of General – Ganya Ivolgin. The portrait of Nastasya Filippovna, accidentally seen on the general’s table, makes a great impression on the prince...
DirectorIvan Pyryev
WritersIvan Pyryev
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Yuriy Yakovlev
Prince Myshkin

Yuliya Borisova
Nastasya Filippovna

Nikita Podgornyj
Ganya Ivolgin

Leonid Parkhomenko
Parfyon Rogozhin

Raisa Maksimova
Aglaya Yepanchina
Vera Pashennaya
General Yepanshin's wife
Nikolai Pazhitnov
General Yepanchin
Klavdiya Polovikova
Nina Aleksandrovna Ivolgina

Ivan Lyubeznov
General Ivolgin
Lyudmila Ivanova
Varya Ivolgina
Details
LanguageRussian
Production companiesMosfilm
TaglineA major work of Dostoyevsky...