
The film consists of two parts: “Insomnia” and “Departure”.
We shall meet Lev Tolstoy in the final years of his life at Yasnaya Polyana. We shall see him surrounded by his family, friends, acquaintances and absolute strangers who were coming to the great man and artist from all over the world. We shall hear “the voice of his thoughts”. In his sleepless nights, we shall follow his memory of the happy youthful years and the crucial, hard ones. We shall witness Tolstoy’s tragic departure from Yasnaya Polyana and his death at an obscure little station of Astapovo.
The last film of the classic of national cinema, director Sergey Gerasimov (“Quiet Flows the Don”, “The Brave Seven”), and of his wife and corroborator, the famous film actress Tamara Makarova (“Masquerade”, “The First-Grader”).
Awards:
• International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia) – Crystal Globe Award to the film, 1984
• All-Union Film Festival in Minsk – Main Special Prize and Diploma to director S. Gerasimov, 1985
Special features:
• Materials about L.N. Tolstoy: video, newsreels, textual material, L.N. Tolstoy’s speech
• Interview with A. Kushlyansky, director of film production
• Filmographies
• Photo album “At Yasnaya Polyana”
Film sostoit iz dvuh chastej: «Bessonnitsa» i «Uhod».
My vstretimsya s Lvom Tolstym v poslednie gody ego zhizni v YAsnoj Polyane. Uvidim v krugu semi, druzej, znakomyh i sovsem neznakomyh lyudej, kotorye stekalis k velikomu cheloveku i hudozhniku so vsego mira. Uslyshim «golos ego mysli». V bessonnye nochi vmeste s nim vernemsya pamyatyu v gody molodye, schastlivye, i v gody slozhnye, perelomnye. Stanem svidetelyami tragicheskogo uhoda Tolstogo iz YAsnoj Polyany i ego smerti na malenkoj bezvestnoj stantsii Astapovo.
Poslednij film klassika otechestvennogo kino, rezhissera Sergeya Gerasimova («Tihij Don», «Semero smelyh») i ego zheny i soratnika, znamenitoj kinoaktrisy Tamary Makarovoj («Maskarad», «Pervoklassnitsa»).
Nagrady:
• XXIV MKF v Karlovyh Varah (CHehoslovakiya) – Priz «Hrustalnyj globus» filmu, 1984
• XVIII VKF v Minske – Glavnyj spetsialnyj priz i diplom rezhisseru S. Gerasimovu, 1985
Dopolnitelnye materialy (Bonus-trek):
• Materialy o L. N. Tolstom: film, hronika, tekstovyj material, rech L. N. Tolstogo
• Intervyu s A. Kushlyanskim – direktorom kinoproizvodstva
• Filmografii
• Fotoalbom «V YAsnoj Polyane»
We shall meet Lev Tolstoy in the final years of his life at Yasnaya Polyana. We shall see him surrounded by his family, friends, acquaintances and absolute strangers who were coming to the great man and artist from all over the world. We shall hear “the voice of his thoughts”. In his sleepless nights, we shall follow his memory of the happy youthful years and the crucial, hard ones. We shall witness Tolstoy’s tragic departure from Yasnaya Polyana and his death at an obscure little station of Astapovo.
The last film of the classic of national cinema, director Sergey Gerasimov (“Quiet Flows the Don”, “The Brave Seven”), and of his wife and corroborator, the famous film actress Tamara Makarova (“Masquerade”, “The First-Grader”).
Awards:
• International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakia) – Crystal Globe Award to the film, 1984
• All-Union Film Festival in Minsk – Main Special Prize and Diploma to director S. Gerasimov, 1985
Special features:
• Materials about L.N. Tolstoy: video, newsreels, textual material, L.N. Tolstoy’s speech
• Interview with A. Kushlyansky, director of film production
• Filmographies
• Photo album “At Yasnaya Polyana”
Film sostoit iz dvuh chastej: «Bessonnitsa» i «Uhod».
My vstretimsya s Lvom Tolstym v poslednie gody ego zhizni v YAsnoj Polyane. Uvidim v krugu semi, druzej, znakomyh i sovsem neznakomyh lyudej, kotorye stekalis k velikomu cheloveku i hudozhniku so vsego mira. Uslyshim «golos ego mysli». V bessonnye nochi vmeste s nim vernemsya pamyatyu v gody molodye, schastlivye, i v gody slozhnye, perelomnye. Stanem svidetelyami tragicheskogo uhoda Tolstogo iz YAsnoj Polyany i ego smerti na malenkoj bezvestnoj stantsii Astapovo.
Poslednij film klassika otechestvennogo kino, rezhissera Sergeya Gerasimova («Tihij Don», «Semero smelyh») i ego zheny i soratnika, znamenitoj kinoaktrisy Tamary Makarovoj («Maskarad», «Pervoklassnitsa»).
Nagrady:
• XXIV MKF v Karlovyh Varah (CHehoslovakiya) – Priz «Hrustalnyj globus» filmu, 1984
• XVIII VKF v Minske – Glavnyj spetsialnyj priz i diplom rezhisseru S. Gerasimovu, 1985
Dopolnitelnye materialy (Bonus-trek):
• Materialy o L. N. Tolstom: film, hronika, tekstovyj material, rech L. N. Tolstogo
• Intervyu s A. Kushlyanskim – direktorom kinoproizvodstva
• Filmografii
• Fotoalbom «V YAsnoj Polyane»