---
title: 'Idiot (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ivan Pyryev'
released: '1958-05-12'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/idiot-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051762/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Idiot (1958)

1958 · 116 min · Drama, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Идиот

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ivan Pyryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-pyryev)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivan Pyryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-pyryev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nikolay Kryukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-kryukov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Valentin Pavlov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-pavlov)

## Cast

- [Yuliya Borisova](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuliya-borisova) as Nastasya Filipovna
- [Yury Yakovlev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-yakovlev) as Prince Myshkin
- [Nikita Podgorny](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-podgorny)
- [Leonid Parkhomenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-parkhomenko)

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