The Great Teller (1971)

On the screen - a quote from Lenin about Tolstoy.

Newsreel from the 1900-1910s - winter, writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy on a walk, walking along the road.

In the frame - the Tolstoy estates in Yasnaya Polyana, the house, etc.

Fragments of articles from the newspaper "Rus" for 1904 about the executions of peasants.

In the photographs - Tolstoy working at his desk, writing.

Newsreel from the 1910s - peasants at work in the fields, plowing the land with a plow, sowing, harrowing, pulling out weeds, collecting sheaves in the field, threshing grain, etc., a peasant repairing a cart, changing a wheel.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - Leo Tolstoy leaves a city house (Khamovniki), gets into a carriage, a crowd of people is standing near the house, the carriage is driving along the streets of Moscow, in the frame are slums, dilapidated houses, a yard, children are playing, an organ grinder, a panorama of an old apartment building, laundry is hanging out, in the room a woman in a headscarf is preparing food, in the frame are children, a master with apprentices, they are making something, planing, in the frame is a dirty window with cloudy glass, men are sitting at a table, playing cards, the streets of Moscow, a crowd of people, a market, trade, fish stalls, a crowd near the walls of the Kremlin, a string of carriages leaves the gates, etc.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - Leo Tolstoy on a walk in the forest.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - a church, a service, pilgrims, people standing with icons, crossing themselves, praying, a religious procession in the frame.

A portrait photograph of Tolstoy.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - a church, a service in progress, a church book is opened in the frame, text in Old Church Slavonic is visible, clergy crossing themselves at an icon, a priest conducting a service in the church, a panorama of the iconostasis in the church.

A portrait photograph of Tolstoy.

Various photographs of clergy, the metropolitan, the patriarch, etc.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - domes and crosses of Orthodox churches, church bells ringing, a religious procession, clergy in the frame, people with Orthodox crosses, banners, clergy walking in ceremonial vestments, etc.

Footage from the chronicle of Orthodox church services of different years, in the frame a festive service, the patriarch, parishioners in the church, the altar, etc.

Close up - an Orthodox cross with the crucified Christ.

Yasnaya Polyana, winter landscape, panorama of the surrounding area, in the frame the Tolstoy estate.

Leningrad, the monument to Peter I "The Bronze Horseman".

In the photo - Moscow, the domes of churches.

Various photographs - the palace, the grand staircase, the study, rooms in Tolstoy's house, in the frame - Tolstoy's wife Sofia Andreyevna.

A portrait photograph of Tolstoy.

The newspapers "Petersburg Leaflet", "Russkiye Vedomosti", "Novoye Vremya", "Golos" - articles about the murder of Emperor Alexander II by the Narodnaya Volya.

Leningrad, the Neva embankment, the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The Winter Palace, Palace Square, the Senate and Synod buildings, a close-up of a bas-relief on the building in the form of two angels holding the coat of arms of Russia.

Portrait of Emperor Alexander III. The Winter Palace.

A close-up of a casemate window with bars.

Panorama of stone walls, barred windows.

In the photograph: Chief Prosecutor of the Synod K. P. Pobedonostsev.

A close-up of legs in boots in the portrait.

In the photograph: Chief Prosecutor of the Synod K. P. Pobedonostsev.

A formal portrait of Emperor Alexander III. Emperor Alexander III's response to Pobedonostsev on the execution of six participants in the assassination of Emperor Alexander II. Ropes on the gallows.

Pobedonostsev in a photograph with children.

Stills with pages from Tolstoy's manuscripts.

The title page of the manuscript "The Kreutzer Sonata, 1888".

The title page of "The Fruits of Enlightenment" by Count Leo Tolstoy.

Title pages of "The Slavery of Our Time", "To the Working People".

A portrait photograph of Tolstoy.

Stills from a black and white silent film - bailiffs take away a cow, in the frame a peasant is doing various jobs in the yard, watering a horse, etc.

Newsreel from the 1900-1910s - peasants in a field, plowing the land, in the frame smoking factory chimneys, workers near a factory, a group of peasants at a recruiting station, a woman in a headscarf is crying, military training classes, soldiers practicing bayonet strikes, a religious procession, people are walking with icons, banners, etc., a large icon of the Mother of God with Child, etc.

Newsreel from the 1900-1910s - Tolstoy on a walk.

On the screen - a quote from Lenin about Tolstoy's work.

In the photographs - Leo Tolstoy, family, wife, children, friends, etc.

The photograph shows Tolstoy with his wife at the piano.

The photographs show Tolstoy at the estate, walking along the road, walking through the field, etc.

Birch grove, forest, trees.

Panorama of the trees.

In the frame is a large pond.

A view from above of the building of the estate in Yasnaya Polyana.

The title page of the book "So What Are We to Do?" Frames with the title pages of Tolstoy's books.

The photograph shows a meeting of the Holy Synod.

A group photograph of clergy.

A photograph of Archbishop Nikanor of Kherson.

A photograph of Professor of Theology Butkevich.

A photograph of Metropolitan Leonty of Moscow.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - a church holiday, clergy are walking, followed by representatives of the aristocracy and the royal family.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - Leo Tolstoy sawing a log with a handsaw together with an assistant.

Shots of the royal family and aristocracy alternate with shots of Tolstoy sawing a log.

A portrait-photograph of the young Emperor Nicholas II. Ceremonial photographs in the uniform of Nicholas II. Photographs from the coronation of Nicholas II. Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - Emperor Nicholas II with his wife, officers, nobles, etc. in the frame, some kind of ceremonial event, Tsarevich Alexei in the arms of a sailor, officers greeting the imperial couple, giving bouquets.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - a religious procession, clergymen walking, followed by representatives of the nobility, ladies, officers, etc., a crowd of people with icons.

The photographs show clergymen, officials, the statesman B.V. Sturmer, etc.

The photograph shows Leo Tolstoy.

The building of the Synod in Leningrad.

The photograph shows the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod Pobedonostsev.

Photographs of the Synod's ceremonial hall, meetings, etc.

The photographs show Metropolitan Anthony of St.

Petersburg, Metropolitan Feognost of Kiev, Metropolitan Vladimir of Moscow, Archbishop Ieronim of Kholm, Bishop Jacob of Kishinev, Bishops Markel and Boris.

A page of the Church News newspaper for February 24, 1901 - a decree on the excommunication of Leo Tolstoy from the church.

Newsreel from the 1900s and 1910s - a church, a temple, church books, an altar, an iconostasis, etc., a panorama of icons, a close-up of the icon of the Savior, an icon of the Virgin Mary with Child, various plans with the interior of the church.

Cartoon drawings on the subject of priests, religion, Tolstoy's excommunication from the church, etc.

The drawings show the writer Leo Tolstoy.

Panorama of the writer's desk - in the frame are writing utensils, framed photographs, a block of glass with an inscription from the workers of the Maltsov Plant (Gus-Khrustalny).

A portrait photograph of Maxim Gorky.

A quote from a letter from Gorky and his friends from Nizhny Novgorod to Tolstoy.

In the photographs - Tolstoy with his family, reading letters, etc.

In the photographs - a house with a sign "Suvorin.

New Time", the Neva embankment, the Winter Palace, Palace Square, the Tolstoy estate in Yasnaya Polyana, Leo Tolstoy, etc.

In the photographs - Leo Tolstoy at his desk, working on a manuscript.

In the photograph - Archpriest Georgy Shavelsky.

A portrait photograph of Leo Tolstoy (alternating photographs of Tolstoy and Shavelsky).

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - winter, Yasnaya Polyana, the Tolstoy estate, in the frame the writer Leo Tolstoy, men, peasants, etc., Leo Tolstoy communicates with the people, in the frame Tolstoy with his family at the porch, mounts a horse, rides away.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - winter, Tolstoy on a horseback ride, riding along the road, through the forest.

Winter forest, snow, trees.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - winter, Yasnaya Polyana, the Tolstoy estate, the porch of the house, in the frame the writer's family on a walk, children on sleds, skis, etc.

In the photographs - Leo Tolstoy with his wife, with the artist Repin, surrounded by family and friends.

The photograph shows the critic V. V. Stasov.

A large group photograph - Tolstoy in the garden at a table with his family, relatives and friends (in the frame - the artist N. N. Ge).

The photograph shows Tolstoy and Chekhov.

Various photographs - Tolstoy with his family, with Chekhov, with Gorky.

A portrait photograph of Leo Tolstoy.

A fragment of Tolstoy's letter to Stolypin.

A photograph of Stolypin.

A fragment of Tolstoy's letter to Stolypin.

A photograph - Tolstoy at his desk, writing.

Photographs - a meeting of the cabinet of ministers, the emperor, officials, ministers, military men on the porch.

Crimea, a panorama of southern landscapes, the sea, mountains, cypresses, etc.

The palace ensemble on the territory of the village of Gaspra (Prince Golitsyn's palace).

The photographs show Leo Tolstoy in bed, during his illness, with his wife next to him.

The photograph shows Chief Prosecutor Pobedonostsev.

The photographs show Leo Tolstoy in bed, during his illness.

Crimea, Gaspra, palace.

Panorama of cypresses.

Photograph - Tolstoy in Crimea, on the veranda of the house, resting in a wheelchair.

The sea, waves near the shore beating against the rocks.

Portrait photographs of Tolstoy.

Newsreel from the 1900-1910s - the building of the Central Transit Prison.

In the frame - the prison building, a fence, barbed wire, a panorama of the wall and windows with bars, a view of the prison yard.

Newsreel from the 1900-1910s - prisoners in the prison yard on a walk - walking in a circle, prisoners in shackles, the prison building, the convoy leading the prisoners, the platform, the train, Stolypin carriages, in the frame soldiers, the convoy, prisoners, transit prisoners, etc.

Portrait photograph of Tolstoy (in bed).

Crimea, the sea, waves near the shore, rocks.

In the photograph - Leo Tolstoy on the seashore, sitting on the rocks.

Stormy sea, waves, rocky shore.

Portrait photograph of Tolstoy.

Leningrad, Neva, ice melting on the river, embankment, view of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Panorama of a stone wall, a window with bars.

Winter, the courtyard of the Peter and Paul Fortress, stone walls, windows of the prison casemates.

View of the Peter and Paul Fortress, Neva, embankment.

On the screen - a quote from Lenin about Tolstoy.

Newsreel from 1904-1905 - the war with Japan, warships, a naval battle, guns firing, explosions on the water, Japanese ships, torpedo launch, a damaged ship, artillery barrels on the deck, etc., Emperor Nicholas II at a parade, riding on horseback in front of a line of soldiers, in the frame - officers on horses, a parade, a review, etc.

Newsreel from 1904-1905 - winter, field, church service, prayer service before battle, horses riding along a winter road, soldiers marching in formation, explosions, cavalry rushing into the attack, machine gun, soldiers running into the attack, artillery firing, battle footage, etc.

Summer, Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy estate, house in the frame, panorama of the park, trees, field.

Blooming garden, apple trees.

Close-up - white flowers on the branches.

Stills from a feature film about the 1905 revolution.

Yasnaya Polyana estate.

The photograph shows the writer Leo Tolstoy at his desk.

Panorama of Tolstoy's office in Yasnaya Polyana, the frame shows the writer's desk, bookshelves, etc.

The photograph shows Leo Tolstoy with his wife.

Reproductions of Raphael's Madonna hang on the wall.

The photograph shows the writer Leo Tolstoy at his desk.

Various photographs featuring Leo Tolstoy.

Portrait photographs of Leo Tolstoy.

On the screen is a quote from Lenin about Tolstoy.

Various photographs from Yasnaya Polyana - men, peasants, the building of the estate, Tolstoy talking to peasants on the porch of the house, the writer with peasant children, etc.

The photograph shows Tolstoy at his desk, writing.

A fragment of Tolstoy's letter to Stolypin from 1908. Leningrad, winter, the Neva, the embankment, a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Various shots of the frozen Neva, views of Leningrad, etc.

The newspaper "Sovremennoye Slovo", the newspaper "Rus" - articles about the rebels, about the death sentences passed, etc.

The photographs show Leo Tolstoy.

A panorama of bare trees, nooses of gallows appear in the frame.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - the royal family, some kind of formal event, in the frame Emperor Nicholas II with his wife, relatives, confidants, officers, etc., Tsarevich Alexei, etc.

The chronicle with the royal family alternates with shots of trees and ropes with nooses for gallows.

Portrait of Tolstoy.

A sheet with a response to Tolstoy's article "I cannot remain silent".

Leningrad, winter, St.

Isaac's Cathedral.

Photograph of John of Kronstadt.

Church, altar, icons.

Photograph of Bishop Hermogenes of Saratov.

Interior of an Orthodox church, altar, icons, etc. (St.

Isaac's Cathedral).

Portrait photograph of Leo Tolstoy (at his desk).

Various photographs of Leo Tolstoy in the last years of his life.

The newspaper "Rech" - an article about Tolstoy's anniversary.

The newspaper "Novaya Rus" for 1908 - an article about Tolstoy.

The newspapers "Novoye Vremya", "Golos Moskvy" and others with articles dedicated to the writer.

Photograph of V. I. Lenin.

The newspaper "Proletariy" - Lenin's article "Leo Tolstoy as a Mirror of the Russian Revolution".

Newsreel of the 1900-1910s - Leo Tolstoy with his family in Yasnaya Polyana.

Newsreel of the 1900-1910s - a square, a crowd of people, reporters, photographers, cabbies with carriages in the frame, people waving their hats, greeting Tolstoy, in the frame Leo Tolstoy surrounded by a crowd, Tolstoy with his wife leaving a building, people around, a crowd, a train station, people on the platform, in the frame a train carriage.

Newsreel of the 1900-1910s - Tolstoy surrounded by his family and friends on a walk in his estate in Yasnaya Polyana, the writer in the park, sat down by a flowerpot with a flowerbed, taking notes.

Yasnaya Polyana, park alleys, trees.

Winter landscape, trees in the snow.

Newsreel from the 1900s-1910s - winter, Leo Tolstoy on a walk in his estate, walking along the road.