Released:
1958-05-12

Overview:
The film is based on the first part of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from Switzerland, where he was treated in a psychiatric clinic. On the train, on the way to St. Petersburg, the prince meets Parfyon Rogozhin, who tells him of his passionate love for Nastasya Filippovna, the former containment woman of the millionaire Totsky. In St. Petersburg, the prince finds himself in the house of his distant relative – Lizaveta Yepanchina (General's wife), meets her husband, their daughters, as well as the Secretary of General – Ganya Ivolgin. The portrait of Nastasya Filippovna, accidentally seen on the general’s table, makes a great impression on the prince...

Director:
Ivan Pyryev

Runtime:
1h 56min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Yuriy Yakovlev
  as
  Prince Myshkin
• 
  Yuliya Borisova
  as
  Nastasya Filippovna
• 
  Nikita Podgornyj
  as
  Ganya Ivolgin
• 
  Leonid Parkhomenko
  as
  Parfyon Rogozhin
• 
  Raisa Maksimova
  as
  Aglaya Yepanchina