The Idiot
Directed by Yuriy Eryomin
Plot
Director Yuri Eremin masterfully presents classics in a contemporary way, finding vital connections with the present while avoiding semantic and artistic overstatements. Dostoevsky's translation of the biblical story to Russian soil resonates more poignantly than ever before. The play, with its intense plot development, seamlessly intertwines profound philosophical and moral content with a maelstrom of destructive passions, centered on the protagonist, who unwittingly sparks a love rivalry between two extraordinary women. Staged at the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow.
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Cast
Anton Anosov
Prince Myshkin
Ekaterina Guseva
Nastasya Filippovna
Захар Комлев
Rogozhin
Anatoli Vasilyev
General Yepanchin
Nelli Pshyonnaya
Lizaveta Prokofyevna
Daria Balabanova
Alexandra
Anna Mikhaylovskaya
Aglaya
Дмитрий Журавлев
Totsky
Nil Kropalov
Ganya
Marina Kondratyeva
Nina Alexandrovna
Екатерина Девкина
Varya
Евгений Ратьков
Ferdyschenko
Vladimir Goryushin
Lebedev
Aleksey Shmarinov
Yevgeny Pavlovich