TV The Idiot The Idiot 7.6/10 by 29 users The Idiot (Идиот) is a 2003 Russian costume drama television serial written by Vladimir Bortko, adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel of the same title. In corrupt 19th-century St Petersburg, Christ-like Prince Myshkin becomes entangled in the lives of the self-destructive Nastasya Filippovna and the romantic Aglaya Epanchina. Details Casts Posters Images Title The Idiot Alternative Titles Идiотъ First Air Date 2003-05-12 Last Air Date 2003-05-12 Number of Episodes 10 Number of Seasons 1 Genres Drama, Networks Russia-1, Casts Evgeny Mironov, Igor Ivanov, Lydia Velezheva, Olga Budina, Evgeniy Semyonov, Aleksandr Lazarev, Vladimir Ilin, Inna Churikova, Oleg Basilashvili, Anastasiya Melnikova, Rosina Tsidulko Plot Keywords , Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin Evgeny Mironov Parfyón Semyónovich Rogózhin Igor Ivanov Nastasya Filippovna Lydia Velezheva Agláya Ivánovna Olga Budina Ippolít Teréntyev Evgeniy Semyonov Gavríl Ardaliónovich / 'Gánya' Aleksandr Lazarev Lukyán Timoféevich / 'Lébedyev' Vladimir Ilin Lizavéta Prokófyevna Inna Churikova General Iván Fyódorovich Epanchín Oleg Basilashvili Alexándra Ivánovna Anastasiya Melnikova Adelaída Ivánovna Rosina Tsidulko Véra Lukyánovna Natalya Mikhaylova