The Idiot

The Idiot

60 mins | Drama | Aug. 7, 2008

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Rogozhin offers Nastassia 100,000 rubles for her hand. And the “idiot,” Prince Myshkin, loves Nastassia madly and vows to “save” her.

The Idiot

60 mins | Drama | Aug. 7, 2008

The Idiot
Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will marry Nastassia. Rogozhin offers Nastassia 100,000 rubles for her hand. And the “idiot,” Prince Myshkin, loves Nastassia madly and vows to “save” her.
Producers
Original title L'idiot
Directors Julie Gouet, Nadège Catenacci, Pierre Léon
Writers Pierre Léon, Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cast

Jeanne Balibar

as Nastassya Filippovna

Laurent Lacotte

as Prince Myshkin

Sylvie Testud

as Darya Alexeyevna

Pierre Léon

as General Epanchin

Jean Denizot

as Ferdyshchenko

Serge Bozon

as Ganya

Vladimir Léon

as Rogozhin

Martial Salomon

as Ptitsyn

Renaud Legrand

as Lebedev

Maurice Thomas

as Medical student

Benjamin Esdraffo

as Keller