The Idiot

Overview

Prince Myshkin is a good man, yet his goodness borders on naivety—or even idiocy. After spending his youth in a Swiss sanatorium being treated for epilepsy and autism, he returns to Russia to enter social circles riddled with hypocrisy and greed. One emerges from the experience dazed, as if waking from a troubled dream.

Directed by André Barsacq

Top cast

Philippe Avron

Prince Myshkin

Charles Denner

Rogozhin

Olivier Hussenot

Lebedev

Gérard Bayle

Keller

J

Jean Herbert

Zalyozhev

E

Elisabeth Alain

Aglaya

C

Catherine Ariel

A guest

Michel Beaune

Ganya

Robert Blome

A guest

Yves Brainville

General Yepanchin

Florence Brière

Darya

M

Madeleine Cheminat

Nina

Jacques Famery

The servant

D

Dider Hussenot

The pianist

P

Philippe Kellerson

General Ivolgin

Guy Kerner

Totsky

Jean Marconi

A guest

S

Sophie Marin

Varya

G

Guy Minot

Radomsky

Pierre Moncorbier

Ivan Petrovich

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