The best Dostoevsky adaptations
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: The Idiot (1958) · Crime and Punishment (1969) · The Idiot (2003). (Updated Dec 11, 2025.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Русский). See the original
Top 12
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1
The Idiot (1958)
Ivan Pyryev: the first part of the novel, with Yury Yakovlev and Yuliya Borisova.
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2
Crime and Punishment (1969)
Lev Kulidzhanov: Georgy Taratorkin as Raskolnikov, Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Porfiry Petrovich.
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3
The Idiot (2003)
Vladimir Bortko: a TV series with Yevgeny Mironov as Prince Myshkin.
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4
White Nights (1957)
Luchino Visconti: Marcello Mastroianni in Livorno; Silver Lion at Venice.
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5
White Nights (1959)
Ivan Pyryev: the dreamer and Nastenka in St Petersburg.
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6
The Idiot (1951)
Akira Kurosawa moves the novel to post-war Hokkaido.
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7
The Possessed (1988)
Andrzej Wajda: a revolutionary conspiracy in a provincial town.
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8
Partner (1968)
Bernardo Bertolucci after The Double.
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9
A Nasty Story (1966)
Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov: a general at a subordinate's wedding.
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10
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
Aleksandr Petrov: an animated film painted in oil on glass.
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11
The Brothers Karamazov (1968)
Ivan Pyryev: the director's last work, completed after his death.
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12
A Gentle Woman (1969)
Robert Bresson: A Gentle Creature with Dominique Sanda.
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13
Down House (2001)
Roman Kachanov: The Idiot moved to 1990s Moscow, with Fyodor Bondarchuk.
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14
Crime and Punishment (1983)
Aki Kaurismäki: Raskolnikov in modern Helsinki.
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15
Demons (2014)
Vladimir Khotinenko: a TV series based on the novel.
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