The Tolstoy Defence
2018/09/06 • Released • Russian
Overview
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.
Director : Avdotya Smirnova
Casts
Alexey Smirnov
Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Philipp Gurevich
Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Evgeny Kharitonov
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Irina Gorbacheva
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Łukasz Simlat
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Sergey Umanov
Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Liza Yankovskaya
Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Aleksey Makarov
Sergey Tolstoy
Anna Mikhalkova
Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Igor Zolotovitsky
Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Andrey Smirnov
Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Gennadiy Smirnov
Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Kirill Vasilyev
Bobylyov, feldfebel
Anna Rytsareva
Dashutka
Tatyana Kolganova
Akulina
Anna Parmas
mama Dashutki
Olga Albanova
Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya
Andrei Proshkin
Milyutin
Leonid Alimov
tolstyak
Daniil Shigapov
unylyi
Aleksandr Zavyalov
starosta
Vladislav Ulanov
Stepan
Konstantin Shelestun
sledovatel
Vadim Skvirskiy
vrach
Sergey Rost
episode
Kirill Syomin
episode
Ekaterina Efimova
episode
Maxim Plekhanov
episode
Nikolay Yakovlev
povar
Aleksey Puchkov
Vestovoy
Lev Letov
syn Lva Tolstogo
Daniel Getmanskaya
episode
Artemiy Padalka
episode
Leonid Korolyov
episode
Oleg Levakov
episode
Sergey Korenkov
lakey
Sergey Chetvertkov
posetitel suda
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