Nastasja is a Polish

Poland

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ese film

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 released in 1994

1994 in film

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, directed by Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

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The film is an adaptation on the last chapter of Fyodor Dostoyevski's novel The Idiot

The Idiot (novel)

The Idiot is a novel written by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. The Idiot is ranked beside some of Dostoyevsky's other works as one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the "Golden Age" of...

, in which Prince Mishkin and Rogozin return to the past in a conversation over the dead body of Nastasja. Wajda produced and directed Nastassya Filipovna, a stage play version of the piece, at the Stary Teatr in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

in 1977.