THE SCREENPLAY

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The Tolstoy Affair

by Iva Polansky


A sage of international fame, revered by the Russian people and feared by the government, eighty-two year old novelist Leo Tolstoy has only one serious adversary: his loving wife Sonya.

Based on several biographies, personal memoirs, Tolstoy's diaries and eye-witness' accounts, the screenplay tells the story of two strong-willed individuals' crumbling marriage -- of family division, jealousy, madness and greed -- ending in Leo's ill-fated dash for freedom.

Leo Tolstoy, the giant of Russian literature, was born in 1828. Among his best known novels are Anna Karenina and War and Peace.


Sonya and Leo - 48th anniversary, 1910


He was right. She was right. Together, they were wrong.


Read the screenplay:

Part One: The Shadow of Chertkov

Part Two: The War of Diaries

Part Three: The Descent to Hell

Part Four: The Flight

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Specifics for agents and producers:

TITLE: The Tolstoy Affair
GENRE: Biography
LENGTH: 116 pages

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