War And Peace: Part I
– The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel . In St. Petersburg of 1805, ..
The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel . In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.
Release Date:
23 Jul 1966
Language:
Russian
Director:
Sergey Bondarchuk
Writer:
Leo Tolstoy (novel), Sergey Bondarchuk (screenplay), Vasiliy Solovyov (screenplay)
Main Actors:
Lyudmila Saveleva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn
Plot:
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Awards:
1 win.
Ratings: