The Idiot (1958 film)

The Idiot (Идиот), is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Ivan Pyryev. It is based on Part 1 of the eponymous 1869 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Yury Yakovlev declined to play the title character in a sequel which was never made.

Cast

 * Yury Yakovlev as Prince Lev (Leo) Myshkin
 * Yuliya Borisova as Nastasya Filippovna Barashkova
 * Nikita Podgorny as Ganya Ivolgin
 * Vera Pashennaya as General's wife
 * Sergey Martinson as Lebedev
 * Leonid Parkhomenko as Parfyon Rogozhin
 * Ivan Lyubeznov as General Ivolgin
 * Raisa Maksimova as Aglaya Yepanchina
 * Vladimir Muravyov as Ferdishchenko
 * Grigory Shpigel as Ptitsyn