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The Idiot
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The Idiot

2003-05-12 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.8

Drama

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 MironovEvgeny MironovPrince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin
Lydia VelezhevaLydia VelezhevaNastasya Filippovna
Olga BudinaOlga BudinaAgláya Ivánovna
Evgeniy SemyonovIppolít Teréntyev
Vladimir IlinVladimir IlinLukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev'
Inna ChurikovaInna ChurikovaLizavéta Prokófyevna
Oleg BasilashviliOleg BasilashviliGeneral Iván Fyódorovich Epanchín
Anastasiya MelnikovaAnastasiya MelnikovaAlexándra Ivánovna
Rosina TsidulkoAdelaída Ivánovna
Natalya MikhaylovaNatalya MikhaylovaVéra Lukyánovna
Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.Ганя Иволгин
Elena Malinovskayalandlady
Vladimir MashkovVladimir MashkovParfyón Semyónovich Rogózhin

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