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Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)

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Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in his ancestral estate Yasnaya Polyana, South of Moscow, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in a wealthy family of Russian landed Gentry. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by his elder brothers and relatives... See full bio »

Born:

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]

Died:

(age 82) in Astapovo, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lev Tolstoy, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia]
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2015 Ivan the Fool (story) (in production)
 
2013 Anna Karénina (TV mini-series) (novel) (post-production)
 
2012/I Anna Karenina (novel)
 
2012 Two Jacks (short story)
 
2009 Anna Karenina (TV mini-series) (novel)
 
2009 Wisdom of Children (short) (story)
 
2008 The Kreutzer Sonata (novel)
 
2008 Silent Glide (short) (based on the book by)
 
2007 War and Peace (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.4 (2007) (novel)
– Episode #1.3 (2007) (novel)
– Episode #1.2 (2007) (novel)
– Episode #1.1 (2007) (novel)
 
2005 Frozen Land (story "False Coupon" - uncredited)
 
2004 Anna (TV series)
 
2003 Cena Aberta (TV series documentary)
– As Três Palavras Divinas (2003) (work by)
 
2001 Resurrection (TV movie) (novel "Voskresenie")
 
2000 Ivansxtc (novel "The Death of Ivan Ilyich")
 
2000 Anna Karenina (TV mini-series)
 
2000 La guerre et la paix (TV movie) (based on the novel by / as Léon Tolstoï)
 
2000 How Much Land Does a Man Need? (story)
 
1999 Eleonora (TV movie) (texts / as Tolstoj)
 
1997 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1996 Anantha Rathriya (novel)
 
1996 Za chto? (story)
 
1996 Prisoner of the Mountains (story - uncredited)
 
1996 Kahdzhi Murat (short story)
 
1995 Il grande fuoco (TV mini-series)
 
1991 War and Peace (TV movie) (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1990 Night Sun (story)
 
1989 Poseshcheniye (story "Zapiski sumashedshevo")
 
1989 Khadzhi Murat (short story)
 
1988 Kreytserova sonata (novel)
 
1988 Ta ghoroob (short story)
 
1987 Kreutzer szonáta (TV movie) (as Lev Tolsztoj)
 
1987 Staraya azbuka (letters)
 
1985 Anna Karenina (TV movie) (novel)
 
1985 A Simple Death (book "Smert Ivana Ilyicha")
 
1985 La sonata a Kreutzer (TV movie) (novel)
 
1984 Dva gusara (story)
 
1983 L'argent (short story "Faux billet" / as Tolstoï)
 
1981 Der lebende Leichnam (TV movie) (novel)
 
1972-1980 Estudio 1 (TV series)
– El poder de las tinieblas (1980) (play)
– Felicidad conyugal (1972)
 
1979 A Question of Faith (story "The Death of Ivan Illich")
 
1979 Father Sergius (novel "Otyets Sergei" / as Lev Tolstoy)
 
1979 Bestia (story)
 
1966-1978 Novela (TV series)
– Resurrección (de Leon Tolstoi) (1978) (novel)
– Ana Karenina VI (1975) (novel "Anna Karenina")
– Ana Karenina (1975) (novel "Anna Karenina")
– Resurrección V (1966) (as León Tolsoi)
– Resurrección IV (1966) (as León Tolsoi)
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1978 Kreutzer-sonaatti (TV movie) (novella "Kreitzerova Sonata")
 
1977 Anna Karenina (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.10 (1977) (novel)
– Episode #1.9 (1977) (novel)
– Episode #1.8 (1977) (novel)
– Episode #1.7 (1977) (novel)
– Episode #1.6 (1977) (novel)
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1977 Martin the Cobbler (short) (story "Where Love Is, God Is")
 
1977 Kavkasiuri ambavi (novel "Cossacks")
 
1976 Zielone - minione... (TV movie) (story)
 
1976 Anna Karenina (novel "Anna Karenina")
 
1975 La passion d'Anna Karénine (TV movie) (novel)
 
1975 Kavkasieli tkve (story "Kavkazsky Plennik")
 
1974 Anna Karenina (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.6 (1974) (novel)
– Episode #1.5 (1974) (novel)
– Episode #1.4 (1974) (novel)
– Episode #1.3 (1974) (novel)
– Episode #1.2 (1974) (novel)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1972-1973 War & Peace (TV mini-series)
– An Epilogue (1973) (novel "Voyna i mir")
– The Road to Life (1973) (novel "Voyna i mir")
– The Retreat (1973) (novel "Voyna i mir")
– Of Life and Death (1973) (novel "Voyna i mir")
– Two Meetings (1973) (novel "Voyna i mir")
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1972 Het levende lijk (TV movie)
 
1972 San Michele aveva un gallo (story "The Divine and the Human")
 
1969-1970 Hora once (TV series)
– La muerte de Iván Illich (1970)
– Pobre Polikei (1969)
 
1969 The Living Corpse (play)
 
1969 Elävä ruumis (TV movie) (play "The Living Corpse")
 
1969 Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (story)
 
1969 Kreitserova sonata (TV movie)
 
1968 Resurrection (TV mini-series)
– Resurrection (1968) (novel)
– Episode #1.3 (1968) (novel)
– Episode #1.2 (1968) (novel)
– Dmitri (1968) (novel)
 
1967 Voyna i mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1967 Voyna i mir III: 1812 god (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1967 Anna Karenina (novel "Anna Karenina" / as Lev Tolstoy)
 
1967 War and Peace (novel / as Lev Tolstoy)
 
1967 Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch (TV movie) (novella)
 
1967 Iwan no baka (story)
 
1966 War and Peace: Part II (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1965 Wovon die Menschen leben (TV movie)
 
1965 Resurrezione (TV mini-series) (novel)
 
1965 Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1965 Iván Iljics halála (TV movie) (as Lev Tolsztoj)
 
1965 La potenza delle tenebre (TV movie) (play)
 
1965 Die Macht der Finsternis (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– War and Peace (1963) (story)
 
1961 Anna Karenina (TV movie) (novel)
 
1961 Kazaki (book)
 
1961 The River of Love (novel)
 
1960 Voskreseniye (novel)
 
1960 Jiao feng ye yu (story)
 
1960 Ana Karenina (TV series) (novel "Anna Karenina")
 
1959 Agi Murad il diavolo bianco (novel "The White Warrior")
 
1958 Polikuschka (story)
 
1958 Auferstehung (novel / as Leo N. Tolstoi)
 
1958 Yi ye feng liu (story)
 
1958 Amor prohibido (novel "Anna Karenina")
 
1956 War and Peace (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1956 Locura pasional (novela The Kreutzer Sonata)
 
1956 La sonate à Kreutzer (short story)
 
1955 Wo die Liebe ist, da ist auch Gott (TV movie)
 
1955 Conrad Nagel Theater (TV series)
– The Visitor (1955) (story)
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– War and Peace on the Range (1955) (novel "War and Peace")
 
1953 Zhivoy trup (play)
 
1953 Your Favorite Story (TV series)
– How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1953) (story)
 
1953 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1951 The Guest (short) (short story)
 
1949 Dang fu xin (novel)
 
1949 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Redemption (1949) (story "Redemption")
 
1948 Anna Karenina (novel - uncredited)
 
1948 Amanti senza amore (novel)
 
1946 Celos (novella "The Kreutzer Sonata")
 
1945 Father Serge (novel)
 
1944 Resurrezione (novel "Resurrection" / as Leone Tolstoi)
 
1943 Resurrección (novel)
 
1939 What Men Live by (short) (novel)
 
1938 Kreutzer Sonata (novel / as Léon Tolstoï)
 
1938 Duniya Kya Hai (novel "Resurrection")
 
1937 Capital Punishment (TV short) (story)
 
1937 The Straits of Love and Hate (novel "Resurrection")
 
1937 The Living Corpse (stories)
 
1937 The Kreutzer Sonata (novel "Die Kreutzersonate")
 
1935 Anna Karenina (from the novel by / as Count Leo Tolstoy)
 
1934 We Live Again (novel "Resurrection")
 
1934 The Woman of the Port (story)
 
1931 Resurrección (novel)
 
1931 Ihr Junge (novel)
 
1931 Resurrection (novel)
 
1930 Kdyz struny lkají (novel / as L.N. Tolstoy)
 
1930 Redemption (novel "The Living Corpse")
 
1930 The White Devil (novel "Hadschi Murat")
 
1929 The Living Corpse (play)
 
1928 Kazakebi (novel)
 
1928 The Cossacks (novel)
 
1927 Love (novel "Anna Karenina" / as Lyof N. Tolstoi)
 
1927 Resurrection (novel)
 
1927 The Kreutzer Sonata (short story / as Lev Nikolajevic Tolstoj)
 
1924 Die Macht der Finsternis (play)
 
1923 Man by the Roadside (novel)
 
1923 Résurrection (writer)
 
1922 Bigamie
 
1922 Polikushka (story)
 
1922 Die Kreutzersonate
 
1921 Il cadavere vivente (play)
 
1920 La sonata a Kreutzer (short story)
 
1919 Atonement (story "The Living Corpse")
 
1919 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1919 Father Sergius (novel)
 
1918 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1918 Resurrection (novel "Resurrection")
 
1918 Lebendig tot (writer)
 
1918 Der lebende Leichnam (play)
 
1918 A Corpse Living (play)
 
1918 Vlast tmy (play)
 
1917 Anna Karenine (novel)
 
1917 Resurrezione (novel "Voskreseniye" / as Liev Tolstói)
 
1916 The Weakness of Man (play "Zhivoy Trup")
 
1915 A Woman's Resurrection (novel)
 
1915 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1915 Kreutzer Sonata (story / as Count Leo Tolstoi)
 
1915 Voyna i mir (novel "War and Peace")
 
1915 Natasha Rostova (novel "Voyna i mir")
 
1915 Vlast tmy (short)
 
1915 Die Erkenntnis (short)
 
1915 Katyusha Maslova (novel "Resurrection")
 
1915 Los cabellos blancos (novel)
 
1914 Kreitserova sonata (short) (novella "The Kreutzer Sonata")
 
1914 Katyusha (short) (novel "Resurrection")
 
1914 Anna Karenina (novel)
 
1914 Katyusha no uta (short) (story)
 
1914 Petr Khlebnik (short)
 
1913 War and Peace (short) (novel)
 
1912 Anna Karénine
 
1911 Oborona Sevastopolya (stories Sevastopolskie Rasskazy)
 
1911 Zhivoy trup (short) (play)
 
1911 Kreitzerova sonata (story)
 
1911 Anna Karenina
 
1909 Resurrection (short) (novel "Voskreseniye")
 
1909 Resurrection (novel)
 
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2005 The White Countess (writer: "The Tolstoy Waltz")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 Frozen Land (director's special thanks - as Leo Tolstoi)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Una lunga vacanza
 
2010 Tolstoi mit den Augen des Films (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 A Simple Death
Himself (voice) (uncredited) (archive sound)
 
1960 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
 
1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

León Tolsoi | Count Leo Tolstoi | Leo N. Tolstoi | Leone Tolstoi | Leo Tolstoi | León Tolstoi | Lyof N. Tolstoi | Lev Nikolajevic Tolstoj | Tolstoj | Count Leo Tolstoy | L.N. Tolstoy | Lev Tolstoy | Léon Tolstoï | Tolstoï | Liev Tolstói | Lev Tolsztoj
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Personal Quote:

[on family] Happy families are all alike; every unhappy one is unhappy in its own way. See more »

Trivia:

After his parent's death, Tolstoy and two of his siblings went to live with their aunt, Toinette, who had once promised their father to look after his children as if they were her own. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo