The Idiot Returns(Movie, 1999)

Name: The Idiot Returns
Genre: Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1999
Duration: T01:40:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "Návrat idiota" (Czech/CS)

1h 40min | Genres: Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

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. 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. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Idiot Returns

Czech Lion Awards nominated for: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

About The Idiot Returns

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Czech Republic, Germany

Made by: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Stillking Films, Negativ, Cinemasound, Czech Television

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS)

Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Polish (PL), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/18/2000 (World premiere: 02/25/1999)

Cast: Anna Geislerová, Pavel Liška, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Jiří Langmajer, Jiří Macháček, Zuzana Stivínová, Zdena Hadrbolcová, Jitka Smutná, Anna Polívková, Jan Teplý, Pavel Marek, Petr Vydra, Josef Oplt

Director: Saša Gedeon

Producer: Petr Oukropec

Screenwriter: Saša Gedeon

Film Editor: Petr Turyna

Director of Photography: Štěpán Kučera

Composer: Vladimír Godár

Costume designer: Milica Gedeonová

Make-up Artist: Michaela Belíková

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El idiota"

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