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A Nest of Gentry

A Nest of Gentry

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 25, 1969

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

56%

Original Title

Дворянское гнездо

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Andrei Konchalovsky

Description

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.