A Nest of Gentry

A Nest of Gentry

111 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 25, 1969

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.

A Nest of Gentry

111 mins | Drama, Romance | Aug. 25, 1969

A Nest of Gentry
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Дворянское гнездо
Directors Andrei Konchalovsky
Writers Ivan Turgenev, Valentin Ezhov, Andrei Konchalovsky

Cast

Irina Kupchenko

as Liza

Leonid Kulagin

as Lavretsky

Beata Tyszkiewicz

as Varvara Pavlovna

Tamara Chernova

as Maria Dmitriyevna

Viktor Sergachyov

as Panshin

Vasili Merkuryev

as Gedeonovsky

Mariya Durasova

as Marfa Timofeyevna

Sergey Nikonenko

as Grishka

Nikita Mikhalkov

as Prince Nelidov

Nikolai Gubenko

as Sitnikov

Nonna Terentyeva

as Justine

Zoya Rupasova

as Akulina

Dariya Semyonova

as Lenochka

Nadya Podgornova

as Shurochka