Idiot

Name: Idiot
Director: Ivan Pyryev
Released: 1958-05-12

1958 Russian film directed by Ivan Pyryev

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Released: May 12, 1958
Director: Ivan Pyryev
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Screenwriter: Ivan Pyryev
Cast: Yury Yakovlev
, Yuliya Borisova
, Nikita Podgorny
, Leonid Parkhomenko
Runtime: 116 min
Genre: historical drama
, drama film
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Original language: Russian

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The Idiot, is a 1958 Soviet film directed by Ivan Pyryev. It is based on Part 1 of the eponymous 1869 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Yury Yakovlev declined to play the title character in a sequel which was never made.

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Based on: The Idiot author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Title: Идиот
NMHH film rating: Category III rating certificate id: NFT/23062/2015
After a work by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Director of photography: Valentin Pavlov
Narrative location: Russian Empire
Color: color

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