Romance ·Comedy ·Drama · Czech Republic · 1999 · 1h 40m

The Idiot Returns

Návrat idiota

Director

Cast

Pavel Liška as František Tatiana Dyková as Olga Anna Geislerová as Anna Jiří Langmajer as Emil Jiří Macháček as Robert Zdena Hadrbolcová as Mother of Emil and Robert

Crew

Štěpán Kučera — Director of Photography Petr Turyna — Editor Vladimír Godár — Original Music Composer Saša Gedeon — Screenplay Fyodor Dostoevsky — Novel Petr Oukropec — Producer

Synopsis

Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he's been, "successfully" avoiding all relationships. He is an ingenuous and a pure person and thus, is regarded as an idiot. He becomes involved in various love and family conflicts. It is because he hasn't experienced much of the "real" life that he is able to perceive human relationships in their genuineness.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book

Key Collaborators

Saša Gedeon Director Štěpán Kučera Director of Photography Petr Turyna Editor Vladimír Godár Original Music Composer Saša Gedeon Screenplay Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel Petr Oukropec Producer Čestmír Kopecký Producer Petr Fořt Production Design Milica Gedeonová Costume Design

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