Plots(1)
Based on the novel by Ivan Turgenev. Fyodor Lavretsky, the protagonist, returns to his estate in Russia after eleven years in Paris. He falls in love with Liza, the charming young daughter of his first cousin, but, being a married man, he is afraid to confess his love. Lavretsky learns about his wife's death in Paris from the newspapers and, full of hope for a life of happiness, Lavretsky declares his love to Liza. However the unexpected arrival in Russia of his «resurrected wife» puts an end to his plan. (Moscow International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Irina Kupchenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/604/158604121_6950ec.jpg)
Irina Kupchenko
Austria
Best movies:
Siberiade (1979)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
![Леонид Кулагин](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/505/162505405_2ca3db.jpg)
Леонид Кулагин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Nikita Mikhalkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269803_4a1ef3.jpg)
Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
![Sergey Nikonenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949061_0c7935.jpg)
Sergey Nikonenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
War and Peace (1965)
Father Sergius (1978)
![Beata Tyszkiewicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225671_25889c.jpg)
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Letters to Santa (2011)
The Ashes (1965)
![Viktor Sergachyov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/407/162407759_b2a986.jpg)
Viktor Sergachyov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe (1967)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
![Tamara Chernova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/860/161860734_2fc445.jpg)
Tamara Chernova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
![Zoya Rupasova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/860/161860759_100ecf.jpg)
Zoya Rupasova
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Aleksandr Kostomolotskiy
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Idiot (1958)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Anna Karenina (1967)
![Vasili Merkuryev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901505_f759c4.jpg)
Vasili Merkuryev
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Serge (1960)
![Yelena Tyapkina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/340/162340798_66cc59.jpg)
Yelena Tyapkina
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Rainbow (1943)
War and Peace: Part II (1966)
War and Peace: Part I (1965)
Darya Semyonova
Best movies:
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
![Vsevolod Šestakov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/064/166064845_c40dd3.jpg)
Vsevolod Šestakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
A Nest of Gentry (1969)