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.
Алексей Смирнов
as Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Филипп Гуревич
as Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Евгений Харитонов
as Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Ирина Горбачёва
as Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Łukasz Simlat
as Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Сергей Уманов
as Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Лиза Янковская
as Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Алексей Макаров
as Sergey Tolstoy
Анна Михалкова
as Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Игорь Золотовицкий
as Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Андрей Смирнов
as Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Геннадий Смирнов
as Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
