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Which Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel did Kurosawa Akira adapt as The Idiot?

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Kurosawa Akira adapted the 1868–69 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky for his 1951 film of the same title, Hakuchi.1