The Last Station

Not to be confused with the 2016 video game The Final Station.

The Last Station
Promotional poster
Directed byMichael Hoffman
Screenplay byMichael Hoffman
Based onThe Last Station
by Jay Parini
Produced byBonnie Arnold
Chris Curling
Jens Meurer
Starring
CinematographySebastian Edschmid
Edited byPatricia Rommel
Music bySergey Yevtushenko
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (Germany)[1][2]
Nashe Kino (Russia)[2]
Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom)[3][2]
Release date
  • 23 December 2009 (2009-12-23)
Running time
112 minutes[4]
CountriesGermany
Russia
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million[1]
Box office$20.6 million[1]

The Last Station is a 2009 internationally-produced English-language biographical drama film written and directed by Michael Hoffman, and based on Jay Parini's 1990 biographical novel of the same name, which chronicled the final months of Leo Tolstoy's life.[5] The film stars Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy and Helen Mirren as his wife Sofya Tolstaya. The film is about the battle between Sofya and his disciple Vladimir Chertkov for his legacy and the copyright of his works.[6] The film premiered at the 2009 Telluride Film Festival.

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  2. ^ a b c "LUMIERE: FILM: THE LAST STATION". Lumiere. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "The Last Station (2009)". BBFC. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ "THE LAST STATION (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ^ Ed Meza (31 March 2008). "Mirren, Plummer to star in 'Station'". Variety. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference French was invoked but never defined (see the help page).