A GENIUS IN A HOUSE OF A PROPHET
About the film
Title: A GENIUS IN A HOUSE OF A PROPHET
Title in Russian: Гений в доме пророка
Production company: NP «С&T»
Country of production: Russia
Year of Production: 2015
Duration: 26 min.
Film made with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian FederationCategory:
History
Film crew
Scriptwriter: Vladimir Marin
Film director: Vladimir Marin
Producer: Georgy Sushko
Director of photography: Maxim Tolstoi, Alexandre Trerjakov
Sound director: Ivan Anisimov
Editing
Vladimir Marin
Logline
The archive of the unique documents which quite magically got into the hands of the film makers - and was collected back then by the strange Typist - helps to throw the light upon many aspects of the biography - and the death of a great genius and adventurer of the Russian culture - Leo Tolstoy.Synopsis
The part Ivanov took in Leo Tolstoy’s life appeared to be much larger than the position of typist and secretary he conducted. What was the role the Typist played in Tolstoy’s parting from his home, which ended with his death? Whom was AleksandrIvanov for Tolstoy? And who was Tolstoy himself - a genius, a prophet - or an ambitious venturer? The archive of the unique documents which quite magically got into the hands of the film makers - and was collected back then by the strange Typist - helps to throw the light upon many aspects of the biography - and the death of a great genius and adventurer of the Russian culture - Leo Tolstoy.
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