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- StarsVladimir KoshevoyAndrey PaninAleksandr BaluevUpon killing an old pawnbroker, a former student must confront the ensuing conflict between logic and emotion within him.c&p Russian adaptation
- DirectorLev KulidzhanovStarsGeorgiy TaratorkinInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyTatyana BedovaRaskolnikov, an impoverished ex-law student, kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, perhaps for money, perhaps to prove a theory about being above the law. He comes to police attention through normal procedures (he was the victim's client), but his outbursts make him the prime suspect of the clever Porfiry. Meanwhile, life swirls around Raskolnikov: his mother and sister come to the city followed by two older men seeking his sister's hand; he meets a drunken clerk who is then killed in a traffic accident, and he falls in love with the man's daughter, Sonia, a young prostitute. She urges him to confess, promising to follow him to Siberia. Will he accept responsibility?c&p Russian adaptation
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsMartin LaSalleMarika GreenJean PélégriMichel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.c&p French adaptation
- DirectorIbrahim EmarahStarsMagdaShukri SarhanZahrat El-UlaAhmed Hosny kills an elderly moneylender for her money but accidentally kills her sister as well. In the wake of the crime, Ahmed falls ill out of fear of getting caught.c&p Egyptian adaptation
- DirectorPiotr Dumalac&p animated Polish adaptation
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô MifuneA Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.the idiot Japanese adaptation
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsAnne WiazemskyWalter GreenFrançois LafargeThe story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.the idiot French adaptation
- DirectorGeorges LampinStarsEdwige FeuillèreLucien CoëdelJean DebucourtMuichkine, 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.the idiot French adaptation
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTamasaburô BandôToshiyuki NagashimaA free adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel "The Idiot". Here, two Japanese actors perform the key roles of a man in love with a woman who chooses the love of another man. In another sketch, the two male friends are united to discuss the issue.the idiot Japanese-Polish adaptation
- StarsGiorgio AlbertazziSergio TofanoGian Maria Volontèthe idiot Italian adaptation
- DirectorRainer SarnetStarsRisto KübarKatariina UntTambet TuiskA story of a man, whose sincerity becomes a great weapon in a cynical world.