War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1965 • 2h 27m • ⭐ 4.1 • UR • Russian

Drama, War

About War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

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.

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Cast & Crew

Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk

Starring Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko

Produced by Mosfilm