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The Tolstoy Defence

69% | Sep 06, 2018 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Yuliya Batalova
Editor
Avdotya Smirnova
Screenplay

Cast

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Alexey Smirnov
Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
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Philipp Gurevich
Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
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Evgeny Kharitonov
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
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Irina Gorbacheva
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
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Łukasz Simlat
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty

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