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The Idiot

Идиот

2003 · 1 season, 10 episodes · 50m episodes · Drama · Russia-1 · Russia · Rated 16+ (RU)

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.

Created by
Vladimir Bortko
Starring
Evgeny Mironov, Lydia Velezheva, Olga Budina, Evgeniy Semyonov, Vladimir Ilin, Inna Churikova
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TMDB7.8

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19th centurybased on novel or bookcostume dramaexistential dramahistorical dramaminiseriesperiod dramast. petersburg, russia
Rating16+ (RU)

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