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A Nest of Gentry

A Nest of Gentry (1969)

1h 51m | PG-13

⭐ 5.6 / 10

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.

Director: Andrei Konchalovsky

Studio: Mosfilm

Genre: Romance, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Irina Kupchenko

Irina Kupchenko

as Liza

Leonid Kulagin

Leonid Kulagin

as Lavretsky

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Beata Tyszkiewicz

as Varvara Pavlovna

Tamara Chernova

Tamara Chernova

as Maria Dmitriyevna

Viktor Sergachyov

Viktor Sergachyov

as Panshin

Vasili Merkuryev

Vasili Merkuryev

as Gedeonovsky