A Nest of Gentry (1969)

  • NR
  • 08/25/1969 (SU)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 51m

Overview

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.

Andrei Konchalovsky

Director, Writer

Valentin Ezhov

Writer

Ivan Turgenev

Novel

Cast

Irina Kupchenko's headshot

Irina Kupchenko

Liza
Leonid Kulagin's headshot

Leonid Kulagin

Lavretsky
Beata Tyszkiewicz's headshot

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Varvara Pavlovna
Tamara Chernova's headshot

Tamara Chernova

Maria Dmitriyevna
Viktor Sergachyov's headshot

Viktor Sergachyov

Panshin
Vasili Merkuryev's headshot

Vasili Merkuryev

Gedeonovsky
Aleksandr Kostomolotsky's headshot

Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

Lemm
Mariya Durasova's headshot

Mariya Durasova

Marfa Timofeyevna

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