Mrs Tolstoy

In his fifties the great writer Leo Tolstoy has a spiritual crisis and converts to Christianity. He has given up writing fiction and cut himself off from his children. Sofya, however, wants to move the family to Moscow. Taking the vows of poverty and chastity literally Tolstoy wants to give everything away, but Sofya has a large family to feed.

Mrs Tolstoy tells the story of the woman who transcribed War And Peace six times and fought off rivals on a daily basis for a place at Leo's side. For 48 years, the Tolstoys tormented each other with love and hate.