The Idiot (1946)

Name: The Idiot
Genre: Drama
Released: 1946-06-07
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Gérard Philipe, Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel, Sylvie, Jean Debucourt

Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.

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Released 1946-06-07 · 101 min · Drama

Directed by Georges Lampin

Cast

Gérard Philipe as Prince Miouchkine
Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Philipovna
Lucien Coëdel as Rogogine
Sylvie as Madame Ivolvine
Jean Debucourt as Totsky
Nathalie Nattier as Aglaé Epantchine
Jane Marken as Naria
Marguerite Moreno as General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine
Maurice Chambreuil as General Epantchine
Michel André as Gania Ivolvine
Elisabeth Hardy as Sophie Ivolvine
Roland Armontel as Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard
Mathilde Casadesus as Adélaïde Epantchine
Janine Viénot as Alexandra Epantchine
Tramel as Ivolvine