

The Idiot
2003-05-12 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.8
The Idiot (Идиот) is a 2003 Russian costume drama television serial written by Vladimir Bortko, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel of the same title. In corrupt 19th-century St Petersburg, Christ-like Prince Myshkin becomes entangled in the lives of the self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna and the romantic Aglaya Epanchina.
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- Creators
- Vladimir Bortko
- Production companies
- Studio 2-B-2 Entertainment
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Evgeny MironovPrince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin
Lydia VelezhevaNastasya Filippovna
Olga BudinaAgláya Ivánovna
Vladimir IlinLukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev'
Inna ChurikovaLizavéta Prokófyevna
Oleg BasilashviliGeneral Iván Fyódorovich Epanchín
Anastasiya MelnikovaAlexándra Ivánovna
Natalya MikhaylovaVéra Lukyánovna
Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.Ганя Иволгин
Vladimir MashkovParfyón Semyónovich RogózhinTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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