The Tolstoy Defence (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.
Director:
Avdotya Smirnova
Writers:
Avdotya Smirnova, Pavel Basinsky, Anna Parmas.
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Alexey Smirnov as Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik |
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Philipp Gurevich as Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar |
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Evgeny Kharitonov as Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy |
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Irina Gorbacheva as Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva |
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Łukasz Simlat as Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty |
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Sergey Umanov as Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik |
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Liza Yankovskaya as Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy |
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Aleksey Makarov as Sergey Tolstoy |
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Anna Mikhalkova as Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka |
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Igor Zolotovitsky as Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi |
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Andrey Smirnov as Apollon Kolokoltsev, general |
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Gennadiy Smirnov as Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik |
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Kirill Vasilyev as Bobylyov, feldfebel |
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Anna Rytsareva as Dashutka |
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Tatyana Kolganova as Akulina |
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Anna Parmas as mama Dashutki |
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Olga Albanova as Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya |
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Andrei Proshkin as Milyutin |
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Leonid Alimov as tolstyak |
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Daniil Shigapov as unylyi |
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Aleksandr Zavyalov as starosta |
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Vladislav Ulanov as Stepan |
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Konstantin Shelestun as sledovatel |
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Vadim Skvirskiy as vrach |
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Gleb Syshko as Yegor |
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Sergey Rost as episode |
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Kirill Syomin as episode |
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Ekaterina Efimova as episode |
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Maxim Plekhanov as episode |
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Nikolay Yakovlev as povar |
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Aleksey Puchkov as Vestovoy |
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Lev Letov as syn Lva Tolstogo |
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Daniel Getmanskaya as episode |
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Artemiy Padalka as episode |
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Leonid Korolyov as episode |
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Oleg Levakov as episode |
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Valeriya Bugaichuk as episode |
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Kirill Orlov as episode |
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Sergey Korenkov as lakey |
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Sergey Chetvertkov as posetitel suda |
| Editing | Yuliya Batalova | Editor |
| Writing | Avdotya Smirnova | Screenplay |
| Directing | Avdotya Smirnova | Director |
| Production | Viktoriya Shamlikashvili | Producer |
| Writing | Pavel Basinsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Anna Parmas | Screenplay |
| Production | Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
| Production | Natalya Smirnova | Producer |
| Production | Oksana Barkovskaya | Producer |
| Production | Anatoly Chubais | Producer |
| Sound | Daniil Fedorov | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Valeriy Petrov | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Antonina Balashova | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Pavel Meskhiev | Boom Operator |
| Production | Maksim Volodin | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Maxim Osadchy-Korytkovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Anastasiya Karimulina | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Patrakhaltseva | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Ponomaryova | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Dmitrienko | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Aleksey Golubenko | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vasiliy Vakulenko | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lev Yezhov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Maria Korneva | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Natalya Smirnova | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Anna Dudnik | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Anastasia Hartonen | Actor's Assistant |
| Directing | Nina Shoshina | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bogdan Grachek | Dialogue Coach |
| Production | Anastasia Hartonen | Casting |
| Production | Lana Burmistrova | Casting |
| Camera | Ilya Timoshenkov | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Aleksey Kosorotov | Focus Puller |
| Crew | Fedor Dik | Playback Coordinator |
| Camera | Ilya Timoshenkov | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Alexandr Berezkin | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Nikolay Shankin | Camera Technician |
| Lighting | Sergey Linchevsky | Gaffer |
| Camera | Maksim Kalinichev | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Ruslan Abdrakhmanov | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Denis Pryazhencev | Lighting Artist |
| Lighting | Egor Esipovich | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Ivan Piganov | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Pavel Yakovlev | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Roman Kadikov | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Ilya Golub | Pyrotechnician |
| Crew | Aleksandr Yakovlev | Pyrotechnician |
| Editing | Konstantin Danilin | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Alexandr Galeev | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Nikolay Batychko | Decorator |
| Art | Alexey Orekhov | Decorator |
| Art | Dmitry Kostikov | Decorator |
| Art | Kapiton Tarasov | Decorator |
| Art | Natalia Alekseeva | Props |
| Art | Alexey Khitrov | Props |
| Art | Igor Lobankov | Props |
| Art | Denis Belyaev | Props |
| Crew | Yana Alekseeva | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Anatoly Ionica | Prop Maker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Chudetskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Bunina | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Nikiforova | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentina Kameneva | Costume Supervisor |
