Synopsis: This version of The Idiot, made for the Russian TV, is actually the first attempt to film the Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel in its entirety. Yevgeny Mironov plays the title character, Russian Prince Myshkin, who returns to St. Petersburg after a stay in a Swiss mental hospital. The prince is not literally a mental midget; he is considered an idiot becau...
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Starring: Yevgeny Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov, Oleg Basilashvili, Alexander Lazarev, Jr.