An engrossing period drama ‘The Last Station’ details the turbulent final days of Leo Tolstoy’s (Christopher Plummer, ‘The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus’) life. Although the writer adores his wife, Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren, ‘The Queen’), he is conflicted by the demands of the scheming Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti, ‘Cold Souls’), who seeks to control his inheritance. The accomplished cast give weight to this sumptuously designed drama.