Movie
The Tolstoy Defence
Released: September 6, 2018 (2018)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Igor Zolotovitsky as Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Age at release: 57
- Sergey Umanov as Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Age at release: 46
- Aleksey Makarov as Sergey Tolstoy
Age at release: 46
- Anna Mikhalkova as Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Age at release: 44
- Evgeny Kharitonov as Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Age at release: 41
- Łukasz Simlat as Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Age at release: 40
- Philipp Gurevich as Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Age at release: 30
- Irina Gorbacheva as Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Age at release: 30
- Alexey Smirnov as Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Age at release: 27
- Liza Yankovskaya as Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Age at release: 24
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- Aleksandr Zavyalov as starosta
Age at release: 64
- Leonid Korolyov as episode
Age at release: 64
- Sergey Rost as episode
Age at release: 53
- Leonid Alimov as tolstyak
Age at release: 47
- Vadim Skvirskiy as vrach
Age at release: 47
- Gennadiy Smirnov as Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Age at release: 46
- Tatyana Kolganova as Akulina
Age at release: 46
- Kirill Syomin as episode
Age at release: 45
- Olga Albanova as Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya
Age at release: 44
- Konstantin Shelestun as sledovatel
Age at release: 43
- Daniil Shigapov as unylyi
Age at release: 36
- Vladislav Ulanov as Stepan
Age at release: 34
- Maxim Plekhanov as episode
Age at release: 33
- Nikolay Yakovlev as povar
Age at release: 29
- Anna Rytsareva as Dashutka
Age at release: 28
- Aleksey Puchkov as Vestovoy
Age at release: 25
- Artemiy Padalka as episode
Age at release: 9
- Lev Letov as syn Lva Tolstogo
Age at release: 5
- Daniel Getmanskaya as episode
Age at release: 3
- Gleb Syshko as Yegor
Age at release: Unknown