The Tolstoy Defence
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-09-06
Runtime: 112 mins
Director: Avdotya Smirnova
Spoken language: Pусский
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Tolstoy Defence
Production Companies: Algous studio, Studio Globus, CTB Film Company
Production Countries: Russia
Cast
Alexey Smirnov
Philipp Gurevich
Evgeny Kharitonov
Irina Gorbacheva
Łukasz Simlat
Sergey Umanov
Liza Yankovskaya
Aleksey Makarov
Anna Mikhalkova
Igor Zolotovitsky
Andrey Smirnov
Gennadiy Smirnov
Kirill Vasilyev
Anna Rytsareva
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