Release date:Jun 7, 1946

Runtime:1h 41m

The Idiot

★ 5.8

Synopsis of "The Idiot":

"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."

Director:

Georges Lampin

Genres:

Drama

Language:

French

Cast of "The Idiot":

Gérard Philipe ... as Prince Miouchkine

Edwige Feuillère ... as Nastasia Philipovna

Lucien Coëdel ... as Rogogine

Sylvie ... as Madame Ivolvine

Jean Debucourt ... as Totsky

Nathalie Nattier ... as Aglaé Epantchine

Jane Marken ... as Naria

Marguerite Moreno ... as General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine

Maurice Chambreuil ... as General Epantchine

Michel André ... as Gania Ivolvine

Elisabeth Hardy ... as Sophie Ivolvine

Roland Armontel ... as Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard

Mathilde Casadesus ... as Adélaïde Epantchine

Janine Viénot ... as Alexandra Epantchine

Tramel ... as Ivolvine

Danielle Godet ... as (uncredited)

Rodolphe Marcilly ... as (uncredited)

Maurice Régamey ... as (uncredited)

Victor Tcherniavsky ... as (uncredited)

Charles Vissières ... as (uncredited)

Georges Zagrebelsky ... as (uncredited)

Crew:

Charles Spaak... (Dialogue)

Christian Matras... (Director of Photography)

Charles Spaak... (Adaptation)

Fiodor Dostoïevski... (Novel)

Léonide Azar... (Editor)

Léon Barsacq... (Production Design)

Léon Barsacq... (Set Decoration)

Marcel Escoffier... (Costume Design)

Charles Spaak... (Writer)

Georges Raevsky... (Writer)

Georges Raevsky... (Adaptation)

Maurice Thiriet... (Original Music Composer)

Rodolphe Marcilly... (Assistant Director)

Content rating:

(no known rating)