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The Tolstoy Defence is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Avdotia Smirnova with Irina Gorbatcheva
The Tolstoy Defence (2018)
История одного назначения
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Add to a movie listHistoire d'une nomination (История одного назначения) est un film russe réalisé par Avdotia Smirnova, sorti en 2018.
Synopsis
Le lieutenant Grigori Kolokoltsev demande à Tolstoï de l'aider à défendre un soldat accusé de crime.Actors
Irina Gorbatcheva
(Sophie Tolstoï)
Anna Mikhalkova
(Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka)
Andreï Smirnov
(Apollon Kolokoltsev, general)
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