Lev Tolstoy

Oct 26, 1984

2h 48m

★ 4.2

Overview

The film consists of two parts: “Insomnia” and “Departure”. We shall meet Lev Tolstoy in the final years of his life at Yasnaya Polyana. We shall see him surrounded by his family, friends, acquaintances and absolute strangers who were coming to the great man and artist from all over the world. We shall hear “the voice of his thoughts”. In his sleepless nights, we shall follow his memory of the happy youthful years and the crucial, hard ones. We shall witness Tolstoy’s tragic departure from Yasnaya Polyana and his death at an obscure little station of Astapovo.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Slovenská filmová tvorba

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Cast

Lev Tolstoi

Sergei Gerasimov

Sofya Andreyevna

Tamara Makarova

Vladimir Grigoryevich Chertkov

Aleksey Petrenko

Andrei Lvovich

Viktor Proskurin

Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer

Nikolay Eryomenko

Dushan Petrovich Makovitsky

Bořivoj Navrátil

Aleksandra Lyvovna

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Merchant

Konstantin Grigorev

Marina Tarasova

Lyubov Polekhina

Yan Yanakiyev

Aleksey Shmarinov

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