''The Idiot Returns'' ( cs, 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
''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69.
The title is an ...
'' by
Fyodor Dostoevsky.
It was the Czech Republic's submission to the
72nd Academy Awards
The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1999 and took place on March 26, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
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.
Cast
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Pavel Liška
Pavel Liška (born 29 January 1972) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1997.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Czech male film actors
Janáček Academy of Musi ...
as František
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Anna Geislerová as Anna
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Tatiana Vilhelmová
Tatiana Dyková, née Vilhelmová (born July 13, 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech film and stage actress. She made her professional debut in ''Indian Summer'' (1995), directed by Saša Gedeon, for which she received her first nomination ...
as Olga
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Jiří Langmajer as Emil
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Jiří Macháček
Jiří Macháček (born 6 July 1966 in Litoměřice) is a Czech actor and singer.
Education
Macháček graduated from high school in Prague before attending Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, the Law Faculty at Charles University in Prague, and th ...
as Robert
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Zdena Hadrbolcová as Emil's and Robert's mother
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Jitka Smutná as Anna and Olga's mother
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Pavel Marek
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...
as Krtek
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Anna Polívková as Girl at dancing lessons
Awards
* 1999
Czech Lion Award for Best Film
* 1999
Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay - Saša Gedeon
* 1999
Czech Lion Award for Best Director - Saša Gedeon
* 1999
Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress - Anna Geislerová
* 1999
Czech Lion Award for Best Music - Vladimír Godár
* 2000 Best Actress at
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Anna Geislerová and Tatiana Vilhelmová
* 2000 Best Screenplay at
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Saša Gedeon
* 1999 International Jury Award at
São Paulo International Film Festival
The São Paulo International Film Festival ( pt, Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo), also known internationally as Mostra, is an annual film festival held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A non-profit event, the festival is organized ...
- Saša Gedeon
See also
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References
External links
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1999 films
1999 romance films
Films based on The Idiot
Czech romantic films
Czech Lion Awards winners (films)
Golden Kingfisher winners
Stillking Films films
1990s Czech-language films
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