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A Nest of Gentry

Not Rated Romance Drama

Starring: Irina Kupchenko, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tamara Chernova, Viktor Sergachyov

Writer: Valentin Ezhov, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ivan Turgenev, M. Mertsalova, V. Poznanskiy

Release Date:
August 25, 1969
Ratings:
5.4 / 10
Director:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Companies:
Mosfilm

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.