---
title: 'Return of the Idiot (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Saša Gedeon'
released: '1999-02-25'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/return-of-the-idiot-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145929/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Return of the Idiot (1999)

1999 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Czech Republic, Germany

Original title: Návrat idiota

## Synopsis

The Idiot Returns is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Saša Gedeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasa-gedeon)
- **Screenplay:** [Saša Gedeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasa-gedeon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimír Godár](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-godar)
- **Producer:** [Petr Oukropec](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-oukropec)
- **Director of Photography:** [Štěpán Kučera](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepan-kucera)
- **Editor:** [Petr Turyna](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-turyna)

## Cast

- [Pavel Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-liska)
- [Pavel Marek](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-marek-2)
- [Aña Geislerova](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-geislerova)
- [Tatiana Vilhelmová](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatiana-vilhelmova)
- [Jiří Langmajer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-langmajer)
- [Anna Polívková](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-polivkova)
- [Petr Vydra](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-vydra)
- [Josef Oplt](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-oplt)
- [Jitka Smutná](https://cinepixo.com/people/jitka-smutna)
- [Zuzana Stivínová](https://cinepixo.com/people/zuzana-stivinova)
- [Zdena Hadrbolcová](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdena-hadrbolcova)
- [Jaroslav Kudláček](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-kudlacek)
- [Petra Kolářová](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-kolarova)
- [Jiří Macháček](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-machacek)
- [Jan Teplý](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-teply)

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