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.
Title | War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky |
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Year | 1966 |
Genre | War, Drama, History |
Country | Soviet Union |
Studio | Mosfilm |
Cast | Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Oleg Tabakov |
Crew | Sergey Bondarchuk (Director), Aleksandr Shelenkov (Director of Photography), Anatoly Petritsky (Director of Photography), Yu-Lan Chen (Director of Photography), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Original Music Composer), Leo Tolstoy (Novel) |
Keyword | period drama, 19th century, russian literature |
Release | Mar 14, 1966 |
Runtime | 147 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.66 / 10 by 64 users |