{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = The Idiot Returns | image = The Idiot Returns, Czech film 1999, poster.jpg | caption = | director = Saša Gedeon | producer = Petr Oukropec<br />Čestmír Kopecký | writer = Saša Gedeon | based_on = ''The Idiot'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky | starring = Pavel Liška<br />Aňa Geislerová<br />Tatiana Vilhelmová | music = Vladimír Godár | cinematography = Štěpán Kučera | editing = Petr Turyna | distributor = Cinemart, a. s. | released = {{film date|1999|2|25|df=yes}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = Czech Republic | language = Czech | budget = }}
'''''The Idiot Returns''''' ({{langx|cs|'''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.<ref name="fp">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/36916/navrat-idiota| title=The Return of the Idiot (1999) |publisher=NFA| website=Filmový přehled |accessdate=2021-10-06}}</ref> 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.<ref name="CzechSubmissionsList">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfta.cz/en/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=6|title=List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|publisher=Czech Film and Television Academy|accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>
==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
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0145929}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Idiot Returns}} Category:1999 films Category:1999 romance films Category:Films based on The Idiot Category:Czech romantic films Category:Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Category:Golden Kingfisher winners Category:Stillking Films films Category:1990s Czech-language films Category:1999 Czech films {{1990s-CzechRepublic-film-stub}} {{1990s-romance-film-stub}}