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Departure of a Grand Old Man
(Уход великого старца)Directed by Yakov Protazanov and
Elizaveta ThimanProduced by Pavell Thiman Written by Isaak Teneromo Starring Olga Petrova, Vladimir Shaternikov, Mikhail Tamarov, Elizaveta Thiman Cinematography Aleksandr Levitsky and Georges Meyer Studio P. Thiman and F. Reinhardt Release date(s) 1912 Running time 31 minutes Country Russian Empire Language Silent film with
Russian intertitlesDeparture of a Grand Old Man (Russian: Уход великого старца, translit. Ukhod velikovo startza) is a 1912 Russian silent film about the last days of Leo Tolstoy, directed by Yakov Protazanov and Elizaveta Thiman. It was actress Olga Petrova's first silent film.
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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.[1]
Cast
- Olga Petrova as Sofia Tolstaya
- Vladimir Shaternikov as Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy as himself (from documentary footage made by A. Drankov)
- Mikhail Tamarov as Vladimir Chertkov
- Elizaveta Thiman as Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya
References
- ^ Kenez, Peter. Cinema and Soviet Society: 1917-1953. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Citations
- Kenez, Peter. Cinema and Soviet Society: 1917-1953. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
External links
Films directed by Yakov Protazanov Filmography Departure of a Grand Old Man (1912) · The Queen of Spades (1916) · Satan Triumphant (1917) · Father Sergius (1917) · Aelita (1924) · His Call (1925) · The Tailor from Torzhok (1925) · The Three Million Trial (1926) · Man from the Restaurant (1927) · The Forty-First (1927) · St. Jorgen's Day (1930) · Tommy (1931) · Marionettes (1934) · Without Dowry (1937) · Salavat Yulayev (1941) · Nasreddin in Bukhara (1943)
Categories:- 1912 films
- Silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Films of the Russian Empire
- Films directed by Yakov Protazanov
- Tolstoyan movement
- Works inspired by Leo Tolstoy
- Silent film stubs
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