In Tolstoy’s Living Realm
a film by Sara Winter

In Tolstoy’s Living Realm examines Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate where Leo Tolstoy was born, which he inherited as a young man, and where he lived and wrote for almost his entire life. Vivid footage of the beauty of the estate in all seasons together with selected passages from Leo Tolstoy’s fiction, letters and diaries and philosophical works reveal the depth of Tolstoy’s ties to this place and illuminate the context of his writings.

In Tolstoy's Living Realm includes footage from outside Yasnaya Polyana significant to Tolstoy's life including St. Nicolas Church and Kochaki Cemetery and estates of Tolstoy's sister and brothers.