The Idiot (2003)
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.
- First aired
- 2003-05-12
- Genres
- Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (10 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Vladimir Bortko
- Directed / written by
- Vladimir Bortko
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 from 35 votes
Cast
- Evgeny Mironov as Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin
- Lydia Velezheva as Nastasya Filippovna
- Olga Budina as Agláya Ivánovna
- Evgeniy Semyonov as Ippolít Teréntyev
- Vladimir Ilin as Lukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev'
- Inna Churikova as Lizavéta Prokófyevna
- Oleg Basilashvili as General Iván Fyódorovich Epanchín
- Anastasiya Melnikova as Alexándra Ivánovna
- Rosina Tsidulko as Adelaída Ivánovna
- Natalya Mikhaylova as Véra Lukyánovna
- Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. as Ганя Иволгин
- Elena Malinovskaya as landlady