The Tolstoy Defence

The Tolstoy Defence

112 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2018

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.

The Tolstoy Defence

112 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 2018

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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers CTB Film Company, Algous studio, Studio Globus
Original title История одного назначения
Directors Avdotya Smirnova
Writers Pavel Basinsky, Anna Parmas, Avdotya Smirnova

Cast

Alexey Smirnov

as Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik

Philipp Gurevich

as Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar

Evgeny Kharitonov

as Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Irina Gorbacheva

as Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva

Łukasz Simlat

as Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty

Sergey Umanov

as Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik

Elizaveta Yankovskaya

as Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy

Aleksey Makarov

as Sergey Tolstoy

Anna Mikhalkova

as Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka

Igor Zolotovitsky

as Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi

Andrey Smirnov

as Apollon Kolokoltsev, general

Gennadiy Smirnov

as Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik

Kirill Vasilyev

as Bobylyov, feldfebel

Anna Rytsareva

as Dashutka

Tatyana Kolganova

as Akulina

Anna Parmas

as mama Dashutki

Olga Albanova

as Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya

Andrei Proshkin

as Milyutin

Leonid Alimov

as tolstyak

Daniil Shigapov

as unylyi

Aleksandr Zavyalov

as starosta

Vladislav Ulanov

as Stepan

Konstantin Shelestun

as sledovatel

Vadim Skvirskiy

as vrach

Gleb Syshko

as Yegor

Sergey Rost

as episode

Kirill Syomin

as episode

Ekaterina Efimova

as episode

Maxim Plekhanov

as episode

Nikolay Yakovlev

as povar

Aleksey Puchkov

as Vestovoy

Lev Letov

as syn Lva Tolstogo

Daniel Getmanskaya

as episode

Artemiy Padalka

as episode

Leonid Korolyov

as episode

Oleg Levakov

as episode

Valeriya Bugaichuk

as episode

Kirill Orlov

as episode

Sergey Korenkov

as lakey

Sergey Chetvertkov

as posetitel suda

Liza Yankovskaya

as Tatyana Andreevna Bers