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Idiot

Идиот

Soviet Union

1958

124 Min

Color

Russian

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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DIR Ivan Pyryev

EXEC Mosfilm

SCR Ivan Pyryev, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

DP Ivan Pyryev

CAST Yuriy Yakovlev, Yuliya Borisova, Leonid Parkhomenko, Raisa Maksimova, Nikita Podgornyj, Vera Pashennaya, Nikolai Pazhitnov, Sergei Martinson, Vladimir Muravyov, Ivan Lyubeznov, Emmanuil Geller, Grigori Shpigel

ED Valentin Pavlov

PROD DES Stalen Volkov

MUSIC Nikolaj Kryukov

SOUND Yevgeniya Indlina

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29Apr10

What makes this film worth watching is the theatrical sense Pyriev gives to the novel, which is in keeping with the spirit of Dostoevsky. Unfortunately, it is not complete. Apparently, Yakovelv had a nervous breakdown in playing the role of Myshkin. No kidding.

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