17 Nov 2017
Breaking the Limits
Based on true events. In 1980s Poland, Jerzy Górski is a young man who finds the determination to struggle against his drug addiction through athletic training, with the aim of competing in the US Ironman Triathlon.
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.
Top Billed Cast
A.N. Wilson Self - Tolstoy Biographer
Nicholas Warner Self - Prof. of Literature, Claremont McKenna College
Nikolai Tolstoy Himself - Author of "The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History"
Harris Wofford Himself - Former U.S. Senator, PA; Advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
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