Departure of a Grand Old Man
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| name = Departure of a Grand Old Man
(Уход великого старца)
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| director = Yakov Protazanov
Elizaveta Thiman
| producer = Pavell Thiman
| writer = Isaak Teneromo
| starring = Olga Petrova
Vladimir Shaternikov
Mikhail Tamarov
Elizaveta Thiman
| cinematography = Aleksandr Levitsky
Georges Meyer
| editing =
| studio = P. Thiman and F. Reinhardt
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| released = {{Film date|1912}}
| runtime = 31 minutes
| country = Russian Empire
| language = Silent film
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Departure of a Grand Old Man ({{langx|ru|«Уход великого старца»|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.
Plot
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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 Jesus. The film was banned because of the negative portrayal of Tolstoy's wife Sofia Tolstaya, who threatened to sue the filmmakers for libel.Peter Kenez, Cinema and Soviet Society: 1917-1953 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)
Cast
- Olga Petrova as Sofia Tolstaya
- Vladimir Shaternikov as Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy as himself (from documentary footage filmed by Alexander Drankov)
- Mikhail Tamarov as Vladimir Chertkov
- Elizaveta Thiman as Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya
References
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Citations
- Kenez, Peter, Cinema and Soviet Society: 1917-1953 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0002136}}
{{Leo Tolstoy}}
{{Yakov Protazanov|state=expanded}}
Category:Russian black-and-white films
Category:Films of the Russian Empire
Category:Films directed by Yakov Protazanov
Category:Works about Leo Tolstoy
Category:Cultural depictions of Leo Tolstoy
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