Overview
Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel The Idiot
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Setting
Set in Russian Empire
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Music
Music by Maurice Thiriet
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Christian Matras
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Fyodor DostoevskyNovel
- Georges RaevskyWriter
- Charles SpaakWriter
- Original title
- L'Idiot
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 7, 1946
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Gérard PhilipePrince Miouchkine
Edwige FeuillèreNastasia Philipovna
Lucien CoëdelRogogine
SylvieMadame Ivolvine
Jean DebucourtTotsky
Nathalie NattierAglaé Epantchine
Jane MarkenNaria
Marguerite MorenoGeneral Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine- Maurice ChambreuilGeneral Epantchine
Michel AndréGania Ivolvine
Elisabeth HardySophie Ivolvine
Roland ArmontelLuliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard
Mathilde CasadesusAdélaïde Epantchine- Janine ViénotAlexandra Epantchine
TramelIvolvine
Danielle Godet(uncredited)
Rodolphe Marcilly(uncredited)
Maurice Régamey(uncredited)
Victor Tcherniavsky(uncredited)
Charles Vissières(uncredited)
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