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The Tolstoy Defence (2018)

Original title: История одного назначения

2018-09-06 · 1h 52m · RU
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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.

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Alexey SmirnovAlexey SmirnovGrigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochikPhilipp GurevichPhilipp GurevichVasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisarEvgeny KharitonovEvgeny KharitonovLev Nikolaevich TolstoyIrina GorbachevaIrina GorbachevaSofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena LvaŁukasz SimlatŁukasz SimlatKazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir rotySergey UmanovSergey UmanovAleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschikLiza YankovskayaLiza YankovskayaTatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi TolstoyAleksey MakarovAleksey MakarovSergey TolstoyAnna MikhalkovaAnna MikhalkovaAnna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistkaIgor ZolotovitskyIgor ZolotovitskyNikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchiAndrey SmirnovAndrey SmirnovApollon Kolokoltsev, generalGennadiy SmirnovGennadiy SmirnovPyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik

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Russian historySoldiers of the russian empireReal events

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityRussian History · Soldiers Of The Russian Empire · Real EventsDialogue densityDramaDirector preference340664Actor preference327277 · 356843 · 368363Country preferenceRu

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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.

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