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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1966-03-14 · 147 min · ★ 7.7

History · War · Drama

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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Directors
Sergei Bondarchuk
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Vyacheslav TikhonovVyacheslav TikhonovAndrei Bolkonsky
Sergei BondarchukSergei BondarchukPierre Bezukhov
Ludmila SavelyevaLudmila SavelyevaNatasha Rostova
Anastasiya VertinskayaAnastasiya VertinskayaLisa Bolkonskaya
Viktor StanitsynViktor StanitsynIlya Andreyevich Rostov
Kira GolovkoKira GolovkoCountess Rostova
Oleg TabakovOleg TabakovNikolai Rostov
Nikolay KodinNikolay KodinPetya Rostov
Sergei YermilovSergei YermilovPetya Rostov
Irina GubanovaIrina GubanovaSonya
Anatoli KtorovAnatoli KtorovNikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
Antonina ShuranovaAntonina ShuranovaPrincess Maria
Boris SmirnovBoris SmirnovPrince Vasili
Irina SkobtsevaIrina SkobtsevaHélène
Vasili LanovoyVasili LanovoyAnatol
Oleg EfremovOleg EfremovDolokhov
Nikolai TolkachyovNikolai TolkachyovCount Bezukhov
Yelena TyapkinaYelena TyapkinaAkhrosimova
Klavdiya PolovikovaKlavdiya PolovikovaDrubetskaya
Eduard MartsevichEduard MartsevichDrubetskoy

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