Set in the last tumultuous years of famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy's life, centers on the battle for his soul waged by his wife Sofya Andreyevna and his leading disciple Vladimir Cherkov. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children and a life of .. Read more
| Starring | James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Helen Mirren |
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| Director | Michael Hoffman |
| Genres | Drama |
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Set in the last tumultuous years of famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy's life, centers on the battle for his soul waged by his wife Sofya Andreyevna and his leading disciple Vladimir Cherkov. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children and a life of hedonism, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo, he believes that he is dying alone, while over one hundred newspapermen camp outside awaiting hourly reports on his condition.
| Starring | James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy, John Sessions, Tomas Spencer, David Masterson |
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| Director | Michael Hoffman |
| Studio | Optimum Releasing |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 2010 |
| Format | DVD |
James Mcavoy will never let his actress wife Anne-Marie Duff play his leading lady - because he doesn't want their marriage to become a "target" for the press. The pair fell in love playing a couple on hit sitcom Shameless in 2004, but they have since refused to share the screen in a bid to avoid becoming fodder for the tabloids. The actors compromised on upcoming film The Last Station because they shot their scenes separately, but McAvoy admits they will never play leading roles in the same... Read more