The Tolstoy Defence (2018)

The Tolstoy Defence (2018)

2018-09-06 Russia 112 Min. PG-13
7.1 18 votes

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.

Cast

Алексей Смирнов is Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Филипп Гуревич is Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Евгений Харитонов is Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Ирина Горбачёва is Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Łukasz Simlat is Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Сергей Уманов is Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Лиза Янковская is Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Анна Михалкова is Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Игорь Золотовицкий is Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Андрей Смирнов is Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Геннадий Смирнов is Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik