Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.
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Gérard Philipe as Prince Miouchkine
Edwige Feuillère as Nastasia Philipovna
Lucien Coëdel as Rogogine
Sylvie as Madame Ivolvine
Jean Debucourt as Totsky
Nathalie Nattier as Aglaé Epantchine
Jane Marken as Naria
Marguerite Moreno as General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine
Maurice Chambreuil as General Epantchine
Michel André as Gania Ivolvine
Elisabeth Hardy as Sophie Ivolvine
Roland Armontel as Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard
Mathilde Casadesus as Adélaïde Epantchine
Janine Viénot as Alexandra Epantchine
Tramel as Ivolvine
Danielle Godet as (uncredited)
Charles Spaak Adaptation
Georges Lampin Director
Christian Matras Director of Photography
Charles Spaak Dialogue
Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel
Léon Barsacq Production Design
Léonide Azar Editor
Léon Barsacq Set Decoration
Marcel Escoffier Costume Design
Rodolphe Marcilly Assistant Director
Charles Spaak Writer
Georges Raevsky Adaptation
Georges Raevsky Writer
Maurice Thiriet Original Music Composer
Austria 14 November 1947
Germany 12 December 1979
Denmark 10 November 1947
Spain 21 June 1948
France 20 November 1946
Hungary 22 May 1947
Mexico 10 August 1950
Poland 16 January 1960
Sweden 22 February 1949
United States 04 February 1948
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