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 Smirnov
Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Philipp Gurevich
Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Evgeny Kharitonov
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Irina Gorbacheva
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Łukasz Simlat
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Sergey Umanov
Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Liza Yankovskaya
Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Aleksey Makarov
Sergey Tolstoy
Anna Mikhalkova
Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Igor Zolotovitsky
Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Andrey Smirnov
Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Gennadiy Smirnov
Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Kirill Vasilyev
Bobylyov, feldfebel
Anna Rytsareva
Dashutka
Tatyana Kolganova
Akulina
