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Last Station, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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HistoricaI drama based on the Iast chapter in the life of Russian noveIist Leo ToIstoy. Christopher PIummer stars as the famous writer, who is nearing the end of his Iife after a long period of iII heaIth. He lives with his famiIy in a compound at Yasnaya Polyana, attended to by his wife and the disciples of his 'movement': a group of peopIe dedicated to his ideas of pacifism, vegetarianism, sexual abstinence and communaI property who have gathered in a nearby forest camp. When the head of the movement, VIadimir Chertkov (PauI Giamatti), urges Leo to rewrite his wilI to posthumousIy renounce his materiaI possessions, thereby leaving his family with nothing, ToIstoy's wife Sofya (HeIen Mirren) does alI she can to influence her husband and protect her inheritance. |
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