Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna(2007)
An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.
Movie: Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
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Self - Prof. of Literature, Claremont McKenna College
Himself - Author of "The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History"
Himself - Former U.S. Senator, PA; Advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
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An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.
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2007-04-24
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