The Tolstoy Defence

1h 52m

7.1

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.

Cast

Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik

Philipp Gurevich

Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar

Evgeny Kharitonov

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Irina Gorbacheva

Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva

Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty

Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik

Liza Yankovskaya

Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy

Aleksey Makarov

Anna Mikhalkova

Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka

Igor Zolotovitsky

Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi

Apollon Kolokoltsev, general

Gennadiy Smirnov

Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik

Kirill Vasilyev

Bobylyov, feldfebel

Tatyana Kolganova

Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya

Andrei Proshkin

Daniil Shigapov

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Vladislav Ulanov

Konstantin Shelestun

Vadim Skvirskiy

Ekaterina Efimova

Maxim Plekhanov

Nikolay Yakovlev

Aleksey Puchkov

syn Lva Tolstogo

Daniel Getmanskaya

Artemiy Padalka

Leonid Korolyov

Valeriya Bugaichuk

Sergey Korenkov

Sergey Chetvertkov

Crew

Avdotya Smirnova

Director, Screenplay

Yuliya Batalova

Konstantin Danilin

Assistant Editor

Maxim Osadchy-Korytkovsky

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

Natalya Smirnova

Executive Producer, Producer

Viktoriya Shamlikashvili

Oksana Barkovskaya

Sergei Selyanov

Anatoly Chubais

Anastasiya Karimulina

Production Design

Ilya Timoshenkov

Camera Technician, Focus Puller

Alexandr Berezkin

Camera Technician

Nikolay Shankin

Camera Technician

Steadicam Operator

Anastasia Hartonen

Casting, Actor's Assistant

Lana Burmistrova

Olga Chudetskaya

Assistant Costume Designer

Assistant Costume Designer

Elena Nikiforova

Assistant Costume Designer

Valentina Kameneva

Costume Supervisor

Tatyana Patrakhaltseva

Aleksandr Yakovlev

Galina Ponomaryova

Elena Dmitrienko

Ruslan Abdrakhmanov

Lighting Artist

Denis Pryazhencev

Lighting Artist

Lighting Artist

Aleksey Golubenko

Original Music Composer

Vasiliy Vakulenko

Original Music Composer

Natalia Alekseeva

Still Photographer

Playback Coordinator

Alexandr Galeev

Assistant Production Design

Antonina Balashova

Recording Supervision

Nikolay Batychko

Dmitry Kostikov

Kapiton Tarasov

Maksim Kalinichev

Sergey Linchevsky

Aleksey Kosorotov