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Return to the Beginning

1979MovieDramaTV Movie

About the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, disagreements in the family, conflicts with his children and wife, about his leaving home.

DirectorsMaya Markova·Boris Ravenskikh
WriterIon Druta

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Cast · Directed by Maya Markova

IIIgor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky
Лев Николаевич Толстой
TYTatyana Yeremeyeva
Tatyana Yeremeyeva
Софья Андреевна Толстая
SKSergey Konov
Sergey Konov
Лев Львович
MOMaria Ovchinnikova
Maria Ovchinnikova
Татьяна Львовна
GKGalina Kiryushina
Galina Kiryushina
Александра Львовна
VS
Vladimir Safronov
Душан Петрович Маковицкий
NVNikolay Vereshchenko
Nikolay Vereshchenko
Валентин Федорович Булгаков
VGViktor Gubankov
Viktor Gubankov
Фаддей
ALAndrei Litvinov
Andrei Litvinov
толстовец
ASAleksandra Schepkina
Aleksandra Schepkina
Клячкина
GSGalina Skorobogatova
Galina Skorobogatova
Курносенкова
VNValeriya Novak
Valeriya Novak
Маланья

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Return to the Beginning — streaming FAQ

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Return to the Beginning isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

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Return to the Beginning hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 4, 1979. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.