The Idiot (Russian: Идиот) is a historical television series of Vladimir Bortko produced by Telekanal Rossiya in 2003 and in United States on ABC in 2004, based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel of the same title.
Contents
Cast
Evgeny Mironov — Prince Myshkin
Lidiya Velezheva — Nastasya Filippovna
Vladimir Mashkov — Parfyon Rogozhin
Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. — Gavrilya Ardalionovich Ivolgin
Oleg Basilashvili — General Ivan Yepanchin
Inna Churikova — Elizaveta Prokofieevna Yepanchina, General Yepanchin's wife
Olga Budina — Aglaya Ivanovna Yepanchina, their youngest daughter
Aleksandr Domogarov — Evgeny Pavlovich (Aglaya's suitor)
Aleksei Petrenko — general Ardalion Ivolgin, Ganya's father
Vladimir Ilyin — Lebedev
Awards
Idiot won several prizes at Golden Eagle 2003. Evgeny Mironov was honoured with Best Actor award, for his performance in the series he also won TEFI and was selected Actor of the Year at Monte-Carlo TC festival.