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At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tome in which the fates of three souls—the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema’s might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking.
Original Release
03/14/1966
US Release
04/28/1968
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sergey Bondarchuk | Pierre Bezukhov |
Lyudmila Saveleva | Natasha Rostova |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Prince Andrei Bolkonsky / Andrei Bolkonsky |
Boris Zakhava | Field Marshal Kutuzov |
Anatoli Ktorov | Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky / Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky |
Anastasiya Vertinskaya | Princess Lise Bolkonskaya / Lisa Bolkonskaya |
Antonina Shuranova | Princess Maria Bolkonskaya / Princess Mariya |
Oleg Tabakov | Nikolai Rostov |
Viktor Stanitsyn | Ilya Andreyevich Rostov |
Irina Skobtseva | Hélène Bezukhova / Hélène |
Directors
Writers
Sergey Bondarchuk, Lev Tolstoy, Vasiliy Solovyov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sergey Bondarchuk | Pierre Bezukhov |
Lyudmila Saveleva | Natasha Rostova |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov | Prince Andrei Bolkonsky / Andrei Bolkonsky |
Boris Zakhava | Field Marshal Kutuzov |
Anatoli Ktorov | Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky / Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky |
Anastasiya Vertinskaya | Princess Lise Bolkonskaya / Lisa Bolkonskaya |
Antonina Shuranova | Princess Maria Bolkonskaya / Princess Mariya |
Oleg Tabakov | Nikolai Rostov |
Viktor Stanitsyn | Ilya Andreyevich Rostov |
Irina Skobtseva | Hélène Bezukhova / Hélène |
Boris Smirnov | Prince Vasili Kuragin / Prince Vasili |
Vasiliy Lanovoy | Anatol Kuragin |
Kira Golovko | Countess Rostova |
Irina Gubanova | Sonia Rostova / Sonya |
Aleksandr Borisov | Uncle Rostov |
Oleg Efremov | Dolokhov |
Giuli Chokhonelidze | Prince Bagration / Bagration |
Vladislav Strzhelchik | Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte |
Angelina Stepanova | Anna Pavlovna Sherer / Anna Pavlovna Scherer |
Nikolay Trofimov | Tushin |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1969 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | Nominated |
1969 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Won |