Nest of Gentry

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Toergenjev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretski 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.

original title: Dvorjanskoje gnezdo / Nederlandse titel: Adelsnest
genre: drama
director: Andrej Michalkov-Kontsjalovski
script: Valentin Yezhov, Andrej Michalkov-Kontsjalovski
camera: Georgi Rerberg
music by: Vyacheslav Ovtsjinnikov
Rusland, 1969, Mosfilm

cast: Irina Kuptsjenko, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyshkevitsj, Tamara Tsjernova, Victor Sergachjov

extra's: Interviews with director Andrej Michalkov-Kontsjalovski, scriptwriter Valentin Yezhov / Biography of I.Toergenjev

DVD5 / R2 / 16:9 / color
running time: 111 min.
sound: Dolby 2.0
spoken language: (original) Russian
subtitles: Dutch, Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Swedish, Arabic, Japanese.