A Nest of Gentry (1969)

5.7/10 111 min Romance Drama

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.

Cast

Irina Kupchenko

Liza

Leonid Kulagin

Lavretsky

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Varvara Pavlovna

Tamara Chernova

Maria Dmitriyevna

Viktor Sergachyov

Panshin

Vasili Merkuryev

Gedeonovsky

Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

Lemm

Mariya Durasova

Marfa Timofeyevna

Vladimir Kochurikhin

Anton

Sergey Nikonenko

Grishka

Nikita Mikhalkov

Prince Nelidov

Nikolai Gubenko

Sitnikov

Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin

Nonna Terentyeva

Justine

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Yelena Tyapkina

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