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.
The movie is based on the last chapter of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot," where Prince Mishkin and Rogozin engage in a dialogue about Nastasya's dead body.