Produced by Pavell Thiman Release date 1912 (1912) Producer Paul Timan | Written by Isaak Teneromo Initial release 1912 Cinematography Aleksandr Levitsky | |
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Directed by Yakov ProtazanovElizaveta Thiman Starring Olga PetrovaVladimir ShaternikovMikhail TamarovElizaveta Thiman Productioncompany P. Thiman and F. Reinhardt Screenplay Isaak Borissowitsch Feinerman Similar Father Sergius, The Forty‑First, Satan Triumphant, The White Eagle, Tommy | ||
Departure of a grand old man 1912 movie
Departure of a Grand Old Man (Russian: Уход великого старца, translit. Ukhod velikovo startza) is a 1912 Russian silent film about the last days of author Leo Tolstoy. The film was directed by Yakov Protazanov and Elizaveta Thiman, and was actress Olga Petrova's first film.
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departure of a grand old man 1912
Plot
The film depicts a group of peasants who come to the home of Leo Tolstoy to ask for land. We see the old sage attempting to help the peasants while his wife, Sofia Andreevna, is counting money and quarreling.
Overwhelmed, Tolstoy is driven to the edge of suicide. It ends with Tolstoy on his death bed being visited by Christ. The film was banned because of the negative portrayal of Tolstoy's wife Sofia Tolstaya, who threatened to sue the filmmakers for libel.
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