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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)

Drama Romance History War
Release Date: 1966, March 14
Directors: Sergey Bondarchuk
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm, Mosfilm
Cast: Nikolay Lebedev, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Larisa Borisenko, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Ivan Turchenkov, Nikolay Smorchkov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Semen Svashenko, Pyotr Savin, Ivan Zhevago, Vasili Lanovoy, Lyudmila Davydova

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book period drama 19th century russian literature historical drama russian history