The Idiot

Name: The Idiot
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-05-12
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Evgeny Mironov, Igor Ivanov, Lydia Velezheva, Olga Budina, Evgeniy Semyonov

7.6(29 votes)

2003 - 2003

1 Season

Ended

Drama

based on novel or bookst. petersburg, russiaminiseriesperiod dramahistorical dramacostume drama19th centuryexistential drama

Overview

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.