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 by: Sergei Bondarchuk
Written by: Leo Tolstoy, Vasiliy Solovyov, Sergei Bondarchuk
Music by: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Starring: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmila Savelyeva, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Oleg Tabakov, Nikolay Kodin, Sergei Yermilov, Irina Gubanova
Genre: History, War, Drama
Released: 1966-03-14
Runtime: 147 minutes
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