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The Tolstoy Defence
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The Tolstoy Defence

2018-09-06 · 112 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

The shrill and tragic story about an event that involved Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. In an infantry regiment of the military based in the Tula region an offence occurs. In this regiment, the capital’s lieutenant Grigory Kolokoltsev — inspired by progressive ideas — does his service. A military tribunal and execution await the soldier charged with the offence. Kolokoltsev asks Count Tolstoy for help — and he decides to protect the innocent man. The pointed history about the complexity of choice and fidelity to one’s ideals is based on real events.

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Directors
Avdotya Smirnova
Production companies
Algous studio, Studio Globus, CTB Film Company
Countries
Russia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alexey SmirnovAlexey SmirnovGrigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Philipp GurevichPhilipp GurevichVasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Evgeny KharitonovEvgeny KharitonovLev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Irina GorbachevaIrina GorbachevaSofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Łukasz SimlatŁukasz SimlatKazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Sergey UmanovSergey UmanovAleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Liza YankovskayaLiza YankovskayaTatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Aleksey MakarovAleksey MakarovSergey Tolstoy
Anna MikhalkovaAnna MikhalkovaAnna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Igor ZolotovitskyIgor ZolotovitskyNikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Andrey SmirnovAndrey SmirnovApollon Kolokoltsev, general
Gennadiy SmirnovGennadiy SmirnovPyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Kirill VasilyevKirill VasilyevBobylyov, feldfebel
Anna RytsarevaAnna RytsarevaDashutka
Tatyana KolganovaTatyana KolganovaAkulina
Anna ParmasAnna Parmasmama Dashutki
Olga AlbanovaOlga AlbanovaAleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya
Andrei ProshkinAndrei ProshkinMilyutin
Leonid AlimovLeonid Alimovtolstyak
Daniil ShigapovDaniil Shigapovunylyi

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