War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

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NR 2 hr 27 minHistory, Drama, WarWar and Peace Collection PosterPart of War and Peace Collection
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.
StarringLudmila SavelyevaSergey BondarchukVyacheslav Tikhonov
DirectorSergey Bondarchuk

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian
Production Companies:Mosfilm
Movie Tags:
19th centuryperiod dramarussian literature

War and Peace Collection

An epic, four part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" detailing the life of several Russian aristocratic families surrounding the 1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia.