CinemaOSMovie · 1966 · 2h 27m
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
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In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, 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 General Napoleon Bonaparte. Part one of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

Directed bySergei Bondarchuk

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 27m
Language
RU
Released
March 14, 1966
Studios
Mosfilm

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10 credited
Starring
Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Andrei Bolkonsky

Sergei Bondarchuk

Sergei Bondarchuk

Pierre Bezukhov

Ludmila Savelyeva

Ludmila Savelyeva

Natasha Rostova

Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Lisa Bolkonskaya

Viktor Stanitsyn

Viktor Stanitsyn

Ilya Andreyevich Rostov

Kira Golovko

Kira Golovko

Countess Rostova

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

Nikolai Rostov

Nikolay Kodin

Nikolay Kodin

Petya Rostov

Sergei Yermilov

Sergei Yermilov

Petya Rostov

Irina Gubanova

Irina Gubanova

Sonya

Creative team
Directed by
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk
Written by
Vasiliy Solovyov
Vasiliy Solovyov
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk

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