Actors: Kerry Condon (Masha) John Sessions (Dushan) Christian Gaul (Ivan) Paul Giamatti (Vladimir Chertkov) Maximilian gardener (child) Wolfgang Häntsch (priest) Patrick Kennedy (Sergeyenko) Nenad Lucic (Vanja) David Masterson (Reporter), James McAvoy (Valentin Bulgakov) Christopher Plummer (Leo Tolstoy) Tomas Spencer (Andrei Tolstoi) Anne-Marie Duff (Sasha Tolstoi) Helen Mirren (Sofya Tolstaya) Director: Michael Hoffman Certification: Ireland: 15A USA: R UK: 15 Canada: 14A Germany: 6 Australia: M, Finland: K-11 Netherlands: 6 Singapore: M18 minimize Hong Kong: IIB show all
Synopsis: In 1910, celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (sd), in the later stage of the soul, works as a moderate one member of the fourth estate, but as the commander of the movement Tolstoy, the core statements are brotherly and dear dialect and birth b Pacific supply through pacifism, and a termination of cash and flesh were posslq = person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters. His boss Vladimir Chertkov is fanatic who does what he concludes in. Chertkov hires an inexperienced Houseman called Valentin Bulgakov to play down Tolstoy’s secretary in the implementation of these forces requires short speed. Once in existence on the development, where a large part in preventing nest is attractive right position, Bulgakov learns quickly that it is purely different cause of the development of what he / she wants to believe /. Even among the chief of the movement wants the deeding of all Tolstoy’s writings to the people, making it grow to its extinction intention illustrious department. Tolstoy’s wife, the Countess Sofya Andreyevna Tolstoy believes that her husband are derived works correctly when it benefits their passports, as she wants and thinks she deserves the capital of this. This is a family background between the change in attitude, and Tolstoy’s daughter Sasha Chertov singular and the Countess. Bulgatov functions as arbitrator between the parties, who he must do, what Tolstoy really feels Ticker regardless of what may think or do Tolstoy.