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1999 Czech film

The Idiot Returns
Directed by	Saša Gedeon
Written by	Saša Gedeon
Based on	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by	Petr Oukropec Čestmír Kopecký
Starring	Pavel Liška Aňa Geislerová Tatiana Vilhelmová
Cinematography	Štěpán Kučera
Edited by	Petr Turyna
Music by	Vladimír Godár
Distributed by	Cinemart, a. s.
Release date	25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech

The Idiot Returns (Czech: 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 by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards 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

Pavel Liška as František
Anna Geislerová as Anna
Tatiana Vilhelmová as Olga
Jiří Langmajer as Emil
Jiří Macháček as Robert
Zdena Hadrbolcová as Emil's and Robert's mother
Jitka Smutná as Anna and Olga's mother
Pavel Marek as Krtek
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 - Saša Gedeon

References

"The Return of the Idiot (1999)". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
"List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". Czech Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 29 June 2008.

External links

The Idiot Returns at IMDb

v t e Czech Lion for Best Film
Big Beat (1993) Thanks for Every New Morning (1994) The Garden (1995) Kolya (1996) Buttoners (1997) Sekal Has to Die (1998) The Idiot Returns (1999) Divided We Fall (2000) Little Otik (2001) Year of the Devil (2002) Boredom in Brno (2003) Up and Down (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) I Served the King of England (2006) Little Girl Blue (2007) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Protector (2009) Walking Too Fast (2010) Poupata (2011) In the Shadow (2012) Burning Bush (2013) The Way Out (2014) The Snake Brothers (2015) A Prominent Patient (2016) Ice Mother (2017) Winter Flies (2018) The Painted Bird (2019) Charlatan (2020) Zátopek (2021) Il Boemo (2022) Brothers (2023)

Czech Lion for Best Film

Big Beat (1993)
Thanks for Every New Morning (1994)
The Garden (1995)
Kolya (1996)
Buttoners (1997)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Little Otik (2001)
Year of the Devil (2002)
Boredom in Brno (2003)
Up and Down (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
I Served the King of England (2006)
Little Girl Blue (2007)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Protector (2009)
Walking Too Fast (2010)
Poupata (2011)
In the Shadow (2012)
Burning Bush (2013)
The Way Out (2014)
The Snake Brothers (2015)
A Prominent Patient (2016)
Ice Mother (2017)
Winter Flies (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Charlatan (2020)
Zátopek (2021)
Il Boemo (2022)
Brothers (2023)

v t e Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Faust (1994) Thanks for Every New Morning (1995) Kolya (1996) Forgotten Light (1997) Sekal Has to Die (1998) The Idiot Returns (1999) Divided We Fall (2000) Dark Blue World (2001) The Wild Bees (2002) Želary (2003) Up and Down (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) Lunacy (2006) I Served the King of England (2007) The Karamazov Brothers (2008) Protector (2009) Kawasaki's Rose (2010) Alois Nebel (2011) In the Shadow (2012) The Don Juans (2013) Fair Play (2014) Home Care (2015) Lost in Munich (2016) Ice Mother (2017) Winter Flies (2018) The Painted Bird (2019) Charlatan (2020) Zátopek (2021) Il Boemo (2022) Brothers (2023) Waves (2024)

Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Faust (1994)
Thanks for Every New Morning (1995)
Kolya (1996)
Forgotten Light (1997)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
The Idiot Returns (1999)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Dark Blue World (2001)
The Wild Bees (2002)
Želary (2003)
Up and Down (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
Lunacy (2006)
I Served the King of England (2007)
The Karamazov Brothers (2008)
Protector (2009)
Kawasaki's Rose (2010)
Alois Nebel (2011)
In the Shadow (2012)
The Don Juans (2013)
Fair Play (2014)
Home Care (2015)
Lost in Munich (2016)
Ice Mother (2017)
Winter Flies (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Charlatan (2020)
Zátopek (2021)
Il Boemo (2022)
Brothers (2023)
Waves (2024)

v t e Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot (1869)
Characters	Prince Myshkin Nastasya Filippovna
Films	Wandering Souls (1921) The Idiot (1946) The Idiot (1951) The Idiot (1958) L'Amour braque (1985) Idiot (1992) The Idiot Returns (1999) Down House (2001) The Idiot (2011)
Television	The Idiot (2003)
Opera	The Idiot (1985) Der Idiot (1986/87)

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