A Nest of Gentry

Russian nobleman Fyodor Ivanovich Lavretsky returns to his estate after years in Paris, only to fall in love with his young cousin Liza, complicating his already troubled marriage and leading to a tragic, emotionally complex romance.

Cast

Leonid Kulagin

as Fyodor Ivanovich Lavretsky

Irina Kupchenko

as Liza

Beata Tyszkiewicz

as Varvara Pavlovna

Tamara Chernova

as Maria Dmitriyevna

Viktor Sergachyov

as Panshin

Vasili Merkuryev

as Gedeonovsky

Aleksandr Kostomolotsky

as Lemm

Mariya Durasova

as Marfa Timofeyevna

Vladimir Kochurikhin

as Anton

Sergey Nikonenko

as Grishka

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