The Idiot

Name: The Idiot
Director: André Barsacq
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-01-01
Duration: 180 min
Cast: Philippe Avron, Charles Denner, Olivier Hussenot, Gérard Bayle, Jean Herbert

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1968 · 180 min · Drama

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

Cast

Philippe Avron — Prince Myshkin
Charles Denner — Rogozhin
Olivier Hussenot — Lebedev
Gérard Bayle — Keller
Jean Herbert — Zalyozhev