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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1966 · 147 min · RU · 8.0 (53 votes)
Dir. Sergey Bondarchuk · Starring Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Oleg Tabakov · Music Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov · War and Peace Collection
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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.

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This is a sweeping, grand historical epic that feels both intimate and vast. It's a somber, introspective journey through a tumultuous era, focusing on the weight of duty and the vastness of fate. A true slow-burn for the patient viewer.

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