- Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer replaced Meryl Streep and Anthony Hopkins, who were originally scheduled to play the roles of Sofya and Leo Tolstoy.
- Helen Mirren and Anne-Marie Duff, who play mother and daughter in the film, have both portrayed Queen Elizabeth I (Mirren in "Elizabeth I" (2005) and Duff in "The Virgin Queen" (2005)).
nominated in golden globe 2010
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