The Idiot
6.6(15) 1946-06-07 101 minDrama
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.
DirectorGeorges Lampin
Original Music ComposerMaurice Thiriet
WriterGeorges Raevsky
WriterCharles Spaak
Cast & characters
Gérard Philipe
as Prince Miouchkine
Edwige Feuillère
as Nastasia Philipovna
Lucien Coëdel
as Rogogine
Sylvie
as Madame Ivolvine
Jean Debucourt
as Totsky
Nathalie Nattier
as Aglaé Epantchine
Jane Marken
as Naria
Marguerite Moreno
as General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine
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Maurice Chambreuil
as General Epantchine
Michel André
as Gania Ivolvine
Elisabeth Hardy
as Sophie Ivolvine
Roland Armontel
as Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard
Mathilde Casadesus
as Adélaïde Epantchine
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Janine Viénot
as Alexandra Epantchine
Tramel
as Ivolvine
Danielle Godet
as (uncredited)
Rodolphe Marcilly
as (uncredited)
Maurice Régamey
as (uncredited)
Victor Tcherniavsky
as (uncredited)
Charles Vissières
as (uncredited)
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Georges Zagrebelsky
as (uncredited)
