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The Idiot
(Makkal TV, Sunday, 2 p.m.)
As part of the Russian film series, watch this film that is based on Dostoyevsky’s novel. Half-sane Prince Myshkin returns from a Swiss psycho-clinic to face the glamorous world of St Petersburg.
Here, vice, money and extortion rule. Myshkin finds himself caught in the whirlpool of intrigue. He inherits an enormous fortune, gets involved with the vicious Nastassya Filippovna and the beautiful young Aglaya. Scandal, murder and an incredible love affair follow. The film is directed by Vladimir Bortko.