Tolstoy biography movie

2009 English-language German biographical film

Not to be confused with the 2016 video game The Final Station.

The Last Station is a 2009 internationally-produced English-language biographicaldrama film written and directed by Michael Hoffman, and based on Jay Parini's 1990 biographical novel of the same name, which chronicled the final months of Leo Tolstoy's life.^[6] The film stars Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as his wife Sofya Tolstaya.

The film is about the battle between Sofya and his disciple Vladimir Chertkov for his legacy and the copyright of his works.^[7] The film premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival.

Plot

In 1910, the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, his disciples, led by Vladimir Chertkov, manoeuvre against his wife, Sofya, for control over Tolstoy's works after his death.

The main setting is the Tolstoy country estate of Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy and Sofya have had a long, passionate marr