The Tolstoy Defence (2018)

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Released:
2018-09-06

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

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Alexey Smirnov
    as
    Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
  • Philipp Gurevich
    as
    Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
  • Evgeny Kharitonov
    as
    Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
  • Irina Gorbacheva
    as
    Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
  • Łukasz Simlat
    as
    Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty