故事发生在十九世纪的俄罗斯圣彼得堡。美艳聪慧的娜斯塔西娅自幼失去双亲,被卑鄙的地主托茨基长期包养。为了实现自己的野心,同叶潘钦将军的大女儿联姻,托茨基以丰厚的嫁妆为诱饵,企图将娜斯塔西娅“转让”给将军的秘书加尼亚。The thrilling drama based on the world's greatest masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Half-sane Prince Myshkin returns from Swiss psycho-clinic to face the glamorous world of St Petersburg. Here vice, money and extortion rule. Myshkin finds himself in the whirlpool of intrigue. He inherits an enormous fortune, acquires affections of the vicious Nastassya Filippovna and the beautiful young Aglaya. Scandal, murder and incredible love affair follow. Plunge into the atmosphere of the 19th century St Petersburg created by the impressive authentic costumes and sceneries in the most expensive TV-project in Russia