The Last Station

After Tolstoy signs the letter, Bulgakov is seen with the buttons on the right side of his collar instead of the left.

It appears the film has been flipped.

When Sofya is talking to Vladimir about the new will, the right side of her face varies from being in and out of a shadow between shots.

When Sofya is looking into Leo Tolstoy's diary it is written in modern Russian orthography which was not used at that time.

Early in the film one of the characters refers to "flashbulbs," when there was no such thing in 1910 and in fact later in the film photographers are shown using trays of flash powder.

In old Russia, a few decades before the revolution, Tolstoy is ill and the end of his days are near. He wants peace more than anything.

A beautiful short film that so well captures the moment of two strangers meeting and sharing their personal experiences. It shows how when you open up to people, you don't know, you may learn more about yourself than you did before.

Dame Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer play Leo and Sophie Tolstoy, Russian nobles and literary figures. Tolstoy is a cultural icon in Russia and the literary world.

On paper, The Last Station (2009) seems like the perfect movie for the older, fussier set to enjoy. It features the amiable talents of former Von Trapp patriarch Christopher Plummer and The Queen (2006) herself Dame Helen Mirren, in a true to life story about the last days of Leo Tolstoy.

A movie about the latter years of War And Peace scribe Leo Tolstoy may not sound like the most tantilizing of prospects, but this blows all your expectations out of the water by being both intelligent and moving. The spotlight is on a young writer who is given the job of committing Tolstoy's ideals to paper, so future generations may be inspired by his philosophies.

Rating-7/10The Last Station is a biopic of good proportions and delivers them thoroughly and dramatically to produce a film about Leo Tolstoy that isn't his point of view at all, if anything is criticises parts of his mentality. It isn't scared to show the fragility's of every person included in this film and just what it takes to push them over the limit.

I hope that I can make you feel the humble feeling that is lurking from that movie, that can distance you from the noise and the lack of orientation, that make you feel comfortable and feel the good behind which is the true love.Although his life is quite, the connections with the people for Tolstoy are dynamic.

Rather than present at least a GLIMPSE of Tolstoy's brilliance, Christopher Plummer depicts him as a one-dimensional, gruff, lovable old coot. He hardly has any lines throughout the movie, and the other characters are equally devoid of any depth.

A biography of Leo Tolstoy as he struggles to balance his fame with his beliefs.Starring Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer and Kerry Condon.