James McAvoy
.. as Valentin Fedorovich Bulgakov

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Helen Mirren
.. as Countess Sofya Tolstaya

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Christopher Plummer
.. as Leo Tolstoy

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Paul Giamatti
.. as Vladimir Chertkov

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Kerry Condon
.. as Masha

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Anne-Marie Duff
.. as Sasha Tolstoy

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Patrick Kennedy
.. as Sergeyenko

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John Sessions
.. as Dushan Petrovich Makovitsky

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David Masterson
.. as Reporter

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Tomas Spencer
.. as Andrey Tolstoy

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Maximilian Gärtner
.. as Kind

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Christian Gaul
.. as Ivan

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Wolfgang Häntsch
.. as Priest

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Nenad Lucic
.. as Vanja

Directors	Michael Hoffman
Release Date (U.S.)	Fri 15 Jan 2010
Runtime (U.S.)	112 min
Genres	Biography, Drama
Tagline	Intoxicating. Infuriating. Impossible. Love.
Plot	The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.

(Nominated) Oscar, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Academy Awards, USA, 2010

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(Nominated) Oscar, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Academy Awards, USA, 2010

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Restoration

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Duebener Heide, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Jagdanlage Rieseneck, Kleineutersdorf, Thuringia, Germany

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Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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Moscow, Russia

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Pretzsch, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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St. Petersburg, Russia

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Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

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Stuelpe, Nuthe Urstromtal, Brandenburg, Germany

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Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

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Yasnaya Polyana, Russia