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L'idiot
''The Idiot'' (French: ''L'idiot'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel and Jean Debucourt.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.167 It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel ''The Idiot''. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq, credited as the art director. It was shot at the Epinay Studios, Epinay and Neuilly Studios in Paris. Cast * Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Filipovna * Lucien Coëdel as Rogogine * Jean Debucourt as Totsky * Sylvie (actress), Sylvie as Madame Ivolguine * Gérard Philipe as Le prince Mychkine * Nathalie Nattier as Aglaé Epantchine * Jane Marken as Naria * Maurice Chambreuil as Le général Epantchine * Michel André (actor), Michel André as Gania Ivolguine * Elisabeth Hardy as Sophie Ivolguine * Roland Armontel as Louliane Timofeievitch Lebediev l'ivrogne * Mathilde Casadesus as Adélaïde Epantchine * Janine Viénot as Alexandra Epantchine * Tramel as Ivolguine * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idiot
''The Idiot'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–1869. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Myshkin, Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young Knyaz, prince whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity, and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting "the positively good and beautiful man." The novel examines the consequences of placing such a singular individual at the centre of the conflicts, desires, passions, and egoism of worldly society, both for the man himself and for those with whom he becomes involved. Joseph Frank (writer), Joseph Frank describes ''The Idiot'' as "the most personal of all Dostoevsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |