The Idiot (1946 film)

The Idiot (French: L'idiot) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel and Jean Debucourt. 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 and Neuilly Studios in Paris.

The Idiot
Directed by	Georges Lampin
Written by	Georges Raevsky Charles Spaak
Based on	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by	Sacha Gordine
Starring	Edwige Feuillère Lucien Coëdel Jean Debucourt
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Edited by	Léonide Azar
Music by	V. de Butzow Maurice Thiriet
Production companies	Films Sacha Gordine La Magie Films
Distributed by	Les Films Osso
Release date	7 June 1946 (1946-06-07)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1,079,256 admissions (France)

Cast

• Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Filipovna
• Lucien Coëdel as Rogogine
• Jean Debucourt as Totsky
• 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 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
• Marguerite Moreno as La générale Elisabeth Prokofievna Epantchine
• Danielle Godet
• Rodolphe Marcilly
• Maurice Régamey
• Victor Tcherniavsky
• Charles Vissières
• Georges Zagrebelsky

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Idiot at IMDb