The Idiot
- 1946
- 1h 41m
- Drama
- 6.6/10
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.
Cast
Gérard Philipe
Prince Miouchkine
Edwige Feuillère
Nastasia Philipovna
Lucien Coëdel
Rogogine
Sylvie
Madame Ivolvine
Jean Debucourt
Totsky
Nathalie Nattier
Aglaé Epantchine
Jane Marken
Naria
Marguerite Moreno
General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine
Maurice Chambreuil
General Epantchine
Michel André
Gania Ivolvine
Elisabeth Hardy
Sophie Ivolvine
Roland Armontel
Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard
Mathilde Casadesus
Adélaïde Epantchine
Janine Viénot
Alexandra Epantchine
Tramel
Ivolvine
Danielle Godet
(uncredited)
Rodolphe Marcilly
(uncredited)
Maurice Régamey
(uncredited)
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