Project Detail

The Last Station

Synopsis

A drama lifted by moments of humour, The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya.
Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic life style, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. As his devoted disciple Vladimir Chertkov urges him to sign a new will leaving the rights to his work to the Russian people rather than his family, the conflict between husband and wife grows to breaking point. The whole affair is witnessed by Tolstoy’s new secretary, Valentin, whose love for the beautiful and feisty Masha is set against the old love of Tolstoy and Sofya.
The Last Station is a film about the difficulty of living with love and the impossibility of living without it.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of film: Features
Running time: 107 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Michael Hoffman
Producer: Phil Robertson, Andrei Konchalovsky, Judy Tossell
Editor: Patricia Rommel
Screenwriter: Michael Hoffman
Director of Photography: Sebastian Edschmid
Production Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein
Sound: Martin Trevis
Music: Yuri Poteyenko
Principal cast: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Kerry Condon, Anne-Marie Duff

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Egoli Tossell Film Halle GmbH

Marktplatz 7
06108 Halle (Saale)
Germany

c/o Zephyr Films Ltd.

33 Percy Street
London W1T 2DF
UK

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Sales Company

The Little Film Company

12930 Ventura Boulevard #822
Studio City CA 91604
USA