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Sony Pictures Classics |
Release Date:
December 4, 2009
Summary:
After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times…by hand!—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property and even his family in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. After she’s born him thirteen children!
When Sofya then discovers that Tolstoy’s trusted disciple, Chertkov—whom she despises—may have secretly convinced her husband to sign a new will, leaving the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his very own family, she is consumed by righteous outrage. This is the last straw. Using every bit of cunning, every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, she fights fiercely for what she believes is rightfully hers. The more extreme her behavior becomes, however, the more easily Chertkov is able to persuade Tolstoy of the damage she will do to his glorious legacy. (Sony Picture Classics)
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Details
| Runtime: | 112 min |
| Rating: | Rated R for a scene of sexuality/nudity. |
| Production: | Egoli Tossell Film |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, History |
| Countries: | Russia, Germany, UK |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Michael Hoffman | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Jay Parini | Novel |
| Michael Hoffman | Screenplay |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Christopher Plummer | Leo Tolstoy |
| Helen Mirren | Sofya Tolstaya |
| James McAvoy | Valentin Bulgakov |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Anne-Marie Duff | Sasha Tolstoy |
| Christian Gaul | Ivan |
| David Masterson | Reporter |
| John Sessions | Dushan |
| Kerry Condon | Masha |
| Maximilian Gärtner | Kind |
| Nenad Lucic | Vanja |
| Patrick Kennedy | Sergeyenko |
| Paul Giamatti | Vladimir Chertkov |
| Tomas Spencer | Andrey Tolstoy |
| Wolfgang Häntsch | Priest |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton | Co-Producer |
| Andrey Deryabin | Associate Producer: Russia |
| Andrey Konchalovskiy | Executive Producer |
| Bonnie Arnold | Producer |
| Brian Donovan | Line Producer |
| Chris Curling | Producer |
| Dorothe Beinemeier | Junior Producer |
| Ewa Karlström | Co-Producer |
| Frank Lehmann | Associate Producer |
| Jens Meurer | Producer |
| Jona Wirbeleit | Assistant Producer |
| Judy Tossell | Executive Producer |
| Luke Carey | Assistant Producer |
| Marc Hansell | Associate Producer |
| Marc Wächter | Production Executive |
| Melanie Faul | Assistant Producer |
| Phil Robertson | Executive Producer |
| Regina Frankenberger | Junior Producer |
| Robert Little | Executive Producer |
| Undine Filter | Junior Producer |
| Yvonne Hüttig | Assistant Producer |
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