The Idiot Returns

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The Idiot Returns
Directed bySaša Gedeon
Written bySaša Gedeon
Based onThe Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced byPetr Oukropec
Čestmír Kopecký
StarringPavel Liška
Aňa Geislerová
Tatiana Vilhelmová
CinematographyŠtěpán Kučera
Edited byPetr Turyna
Music byVladimír Godár
Distributed byCinemart, a. s.
Release date
  • 25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
LanguageCzech

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]

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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.

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References[]

  1. ^ "The Return of the Idiot (1999)". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". Czech Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 29 June 2008.

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