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A Nest of Gentry (1969)

A Nest of Gentry (1969)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1969, August 25
Directors: Andrei Konchalovsky
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm, Mosfilm
Cast: Sergey Nikonenko, Viktor Sergachyov, Irina Kupchenko, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Dariya Semyonova, Gennadiy Morozov, Nonna Terentyeva, Tamara Chernova, Zoya Rupasova, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

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.

Keywords:

infidelity paris, france