The film is a portrayal of the later life of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina in his early life and was considered one of the greatest writers in the world as well as a living saint. It seems as though his writings were the beginning of true communalism, as he did not believe in private property and although he was born an aristocrat his thinking was more socialistic and for the people. He was willing to sign over his copyrights to the people of Russia and the world and not to his family, against the wishes of his wife of a nearly 50-year marriage and 13 children. Many young disciples wanted to be his student and the character played by James McAvoy lived until 1966 as a devoted disciple of Leo Tolstoy and his teachings; Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti.
~Van of Urantia*MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America
