Episode of Series “The 19th Century Novel”.
After publishing Anna Karenina Tolstoy suffered a crisis in his personal and public life. The question which in Anna Karenina haunts Levin “Why am I?” became more and more urgent to Tolstoy and his answers became more extreme. He was a man who craved solitude, but his admirers almost made this impossible for him. Tolstoy died on 7 November 1910. Documentary also features Russian writers Godky and Chekov. Uses archival footage and stills.
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ACMI Identifier
013289
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Literature → Authors - Biography
Literature → Creative writing, Fiction
Literature → Russian literature
Literature → Tolstoy, Leo, Graf, 1828-1910
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)