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Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna

2007-04-24 · 30 min · ★ 10.0

Documentary · History

An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.

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Directors
John Cork, Lisa Van Eyssen
Production companies
Cloverland Productions
Countries
United States of America
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Released

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A.N. WilsonA.N. WilsonSelf - Tolstoy Biographer
Nicholas WarnerSelf - Prof. of Literature, Claremont McKenna College
Nikolai TolstoyHimself - Author of "The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History"
Harris WoffordHimself - Former U.S. Senator, PA; Advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoySelf (archive footage)

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