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Father Sergius
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| Directed by | Yakov Protazanov Alexandre Volkoff |
| Produced by | Joseph N. Ermolieff |
| Written by | Leo Tolstoy (novel) Alexandre Volkoff |
| Starring | Ivan Mozzhukhin Nathalie Lissenko |
| Music by | Y. Bukke |
| Cinematography | Fédote Bourgasoff Nikolas Roudakoff |
| Release date(s) | 1917 |
| Running time | 112 min |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Silent film (Russian intertitles) |
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Father Sergius (Russian: Отец Сергий, Otyets Syergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1890 and published in 1898. This story also exists as Yakov Protazanov's silent film from 1917 of the same name.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Beginning with his childhood and following with a successful career in the military and general high society, Prince Stefan Kasatzky discovers on the eve of his wedding his fiancée's affair with his beloved Tsar Nicholas I. Upset and disturbed, he retreats to the arms of the Russian Orthodoxy and becomes a monk. Many years of humility and doubt follow, and now a hermit, he performs miracles upon the village natives. Moments of temptation test his faith, and unfortunate instances of female provocation leads to his failure.
Spoilers end here.