The read
The series ran 1 season across 10 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
The Idiot (Идиот) is a 2003 Russian costume drama television serial written by Vladimir Bortko, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel of the same title. In corrupt 19th-century St Petersburg, Christ-like Prince Myshkin becomes entangled in the lives of the self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna and the romantic Aglaya Epanchina.
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
34 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 10 ep2003 |
Key crew
- Vladimir BortkoDirector
Cast
- Evgeny MironovPrince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin
- Lydia VelezhevaNastasya Filippovna
- Olga BudinaAgláya Ivánovna
- Evgeniy SemyonovIppolít Teréntyev
- Vladimir IlinLukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev'
- Inna ChurikovaLizavéta Prokófyevna
- Oleg BasilashviliGeneral Iván Fyódorovich Epanchín
- Anastasiya MelnikovaAlexándra Ivánovna
- Rosina TsidulkoAdelaída Ivánovna
- Natalya MikhaylovaVéra Lukyánovna
- Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.Ганя Иволгин
- Elena Malinovskayalandlady
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Themes
based on novel or bookst. petersburg, russiaminiseriesperiod dramahistorical dramacostume drama19th centuryexistential drama