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The Idiot

1959 · 1 season

Stately, talk-heavy staging that unfolds like theatre, rewarding patience with long, charged conversations and moral unease.

Created by
Giacomo Vaccari
Genres
Drama
Overview
Italian televison adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same name. Although it is to all intents and purposes a television miniseries, the rhythm of the acting is typically theatrical: the long dialogues, the acting style and the actorly interpretation make it a true example of episodic television theatre.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    None
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Giacomo Vaccari
    Written by
    Giorgio Albertazzi
    Starring
    Giorgio Albertazzi, Gian Maria Volonté, Anna Proclemer, Sergio Tofano, Anna Maria Guarnieri, Davide Montemurri, Lina Volonghi, Sandro Moretti
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes, 420 min each
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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