The Idiot Returns

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

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

See also

• List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film