The Tolstoy Defence

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 6, 2018

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Russia

Production

CTB Film Company,Studio Globus,Algous studio

Cast

Alexey Smirnov,Philipp Gurevich,Evgeny Kharitonov,Irina Gorbacheva,Łukasz Simlat,Sergey Umanov,Liza Yankovskaya,Aleksey Makarov,Anna Mikhalkova,Igor Zolotovitskyand 30 more

Director

Avdotya Smirnova

Writer

Avdotya Smirnova,Pavel Basinsky,Anna Parmas

Producer

Viktoriya Shamlikashvili,Sergei Selyanov,Natalya Smirnova,Oksana Barkovskaya,Anatoly Chubais,Maksim Volodin

Cinematography

Maxim Osadchy-Korytkovsky

Music

Aleksey Golubenko,Vasiliy Vakulenko

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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