Summary: The thrilling drama based on the world's greatest masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Half-sane Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss psycho-clinic to face the glamorous world of St Petersburg. Here vice, money and extortion rule. Myshkin finds himself in the whirlpool of intrigue. He inherits an enormous fortune, acquires affections of the vicious Nastassya Filippovna and the beautiful young Aglaya. Scandal, murder and incredible love affair follow. (imdb)

Genre: Drama

Country: Russia

Directed By: Vladimir Bortko

Written By: Vladimir Bortko, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Starring: Yevgeni Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov, Inna Churikova, Oleg Basilashvili, Lidiya Velezheva, Olga Budina

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