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The Tolstoy Defence

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.

Top Cast

  • Alexey Smirnov

    Alexey Smirnov

    Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik

  • Philipp Gurevich

    Philipp Gurevich

    Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar

  • Evgeny Kharitonov

    Evgeny Kharitonov

    Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

  • Irina Gorbacheva

    Irina Gorbacheva

    Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva

  • Łukasz Simlat

    Łukasz Simlat

    Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty

  • Sergey Umanov

    Sergey Umanov

    Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik

  • Liza Yankovskaya

    Liza Yankovskaya

    Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy

  • Aleksey Makarov

    Aleksey Makarov

    Sergey Tolstoy

  • Anna Mikhalkova

    Anna Mikhalkova

    Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka

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.

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