The Idiot

6.6

France

Drama

101 min

1946

Gérard Philipe Victor Tcherniavsky Maurice Régamey Rodolphe Marcilly Danielle Godet Tramel Mathilde Casadesus Roland Armontel Elisabeth Hardy Michel André Marguerite Moreno Jane Marken Nathalie Nattier Jean Debucourt Sylvie Lucien Coëdel Edwige Feuillère Charles Vissières

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.