# The best Dostoevsky adaptations

From Pyryev's The Idiot and Kulidzhanov's Crime and Punishment to Visconti's White Nights and Kurosawa's The Idiot: the best Dostoevsky adaptations according to Soyuz TV and Sputnik.

- 13 votes · 15 items
- Dec 11, 2025 · Дарья Степанова
- https://even.best/en/l/4331/the-best-dostoevsky-adaptations

## Top 12

1. **The Idiot (1958)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ivan Pyryev: the first part of the novel, with Yury Yakovlev and Yuliya Borisova.
2. **Crime and Punishment (1969)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lev Kulidzhanov: Georgy Taratorkin as Raskolnikov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Porfiry Petrovich.
3. **The Idiot (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Vladimir Bortko: a TV series with Yevgeny Mironov as Prince Myshkin.
4. **White Nights (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Luchino Visconti: Marcello Mastroianni in Livorno; Silver Lion at Venice.
5. **White Nights (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ivan Pyryev: the dreamer and Nastenka in St Petersburg.
6. **The Idiot (1951)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Akira Kurosawa moves the novel to post-war Hokkaido.
7. **The Possessed (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Andrzej Wajda: a revolutionary conspiracy in a provincial town.
8. **Partner (1968)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bernardo Bertolucci after The Double.
9. **A Nasty Story (1966)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov: a general at a subordinate's wedding.
10. **The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Aleksandr Petrov: an animated film painted in oil on glass.
11. **The Brothers Karamazov (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ivan Pyryev: the director's last work, completed after his death.
12. **A Gentle Woman (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Bresson: A Gentle Creature with Dominique Sanda.
13. **Down House (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roman Kachanov: The Idiot moved to 1990s Moscow, with Fyodor Bondarchuk.
14. **Crime and Punishment (1983)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Aki Kaurismäki: Raskolnikov in modern Helsinki.
15. **Demons (2014)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Vladimir Khotinenko: a TV series based on the novel.

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