War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1966-03-14
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2h 27m
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War
Drama
History
User Score
68 votes
Overview
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.
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Vasiliy Solovyov
Writer
