The Idiot Returns | |
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Directed by | Saša Gedeon |
Written by | Saša Gedeon |
Based on | The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Produced by | Petr Oukropec Čestmír Kopecký |
Starring |
Pavel Liška Aňa Geislerová Tatiana Vilhelmová |
Cinematography | Štěpán Kučera |
Edited by | Petr Turyna |
Music by | Vladimír Godár |
Distributed by | Cinemart, a. s. |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Czech Republic |
Language | Czech |
The Idiot Returns ( Czech: Návrat idiota; also released as Return of the Idiot) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [1] It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. [2]
František returns from a mental institution where he spent most of his life. He meets Anna, and later her lovers Emil and Robert, and her sister Olga.