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.

Country:

Russia

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

112 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

Avdotya Smirnova

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Company:

Algous studio,

Studio Globus,

CTB Film Company

Cast:

Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik

Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva

Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty

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Screenplay

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