Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna

Nan
0h 30m
2007
10 /10 (1)

Overview

An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 2007-04-24

Top Billed Cast

A.N. Wilson

Self - Tolstoy Biographer

Nicholas Warner

Self - Prof. of Literature, Claremont McKenna College

Nikolai Tolstoy

Himself - Author of "The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History"

Harris Wofford

Himself - Former U.S. Senator, PA; Advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.

Leo Tolstoy

Self (archive footage)

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