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Nastasja

Based On the book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Nastasja is a Polish/Japanese film released in 1994, directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film is an adaptation on the last chapter of Fyodor Dostoyevski's novel The Idiot, in which Prince Mishkin and Rogozin return to the past in a conversation over the dead body of Nastasja. Both Prince Mishkin and Nastasja in flashbacks are played by the same person, onnagata actor Bandō Tamasaburō V. Wajda produced and directed Nastassya Filipovna, a stage play version of the piece, at the Stary Teatr in Kraków in 1977.

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Release date:
September 14, 1994
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Cast:
Bandō Tamasaburō V, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Genre:
Drama, Kabuki
Country:
Japan, Poland
Language:
Japanese

Book vs Film

Cover of The Idiot
The Book · 1869

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Poster for Nastasja
The Film · 1994

Nastasja

Andrzej Wajda

★ 6.8 / 10 115 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 125 years after publication.

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