The Idiot

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Evgeny Mironov Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin

Lydia Velezheva Nastasya Filippovna

Olga Budina Agláya Ivánovna

Evgeniy Semyonov Ippolít Teréntyev

Vladimir Ilin Lukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev'