Nest of the Gentry (1969)
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After suffering artistically at the hands of Russian censors (his Asya's Happiness wound up being shelved for two decades for a variety of obscure political reasons), director Andrei Konchalovsky briefly played safe with a brace of elegiac literary adaptations. The first of these was A Nest of… More After suffering artistically at the hands of Russian censors (his Asya's Happiness wound up being shelved for two decades for a variety of obscure political reasons), director Andrei Konchalovsky briefly played safe with a brace of elegiac literary adaptations. The first of these was A Nest of Gentlefolk, adapted from a Turgenev story. Put in the simplest possible terms, the film concerns a well-meaning landowner, his adulterous wife, and the woman that he loves. Loenid Kulagin, Irina Kupchenko and Beata Tyskiewicz are the actors comprising this angst-ridden triangle. Originally titled Dvoranskoye gnezdo, the film was also released in English-speaking countries as A Nest of Gentry and Nobiliary Nest. In his characteristic fashion, Konchalovsky handles his material in loving (if slightly mannered fashion). He followed Nest of Gentlefolk with a cinemazation of Checkov's Uncle Vanya (1970), then spent four inactive years before turning out his biggest pre-Hollywood financial success, The Romance of Lovers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrey Konchalovskiy
- Written By
- Valentin Ezhov
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
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Cast
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Irina Kupchenko
as Liza
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Leonid Kulagin
as Lavretski
- Beata Tyshkevich
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Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Varvara
- Tamara Chernova
- Viktor Sergachev
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Vasily Merkuryev
as Gedeonovski
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Nikita Mikhalkov
as Prince
- Alexandr Kostomolotsky
- Mariya Durasova
- Vladimir Kochurikhin
- Sergei Nikonenko
- Nikolai Gubenko
- Nonna Terenteva
- Yelena Tyapkina
- Leonide Koulaguine
- Viktor Sergachyov