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War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)

Drama Romance History War
Release Date: 1967, November 4
Directors: Sergey Bondarchuk
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Vladislav Strzhelchik, Ivan Turchenkov, Nikolay Sibeikin, Nikolay Smorchkov, Daniil Netrebin, Vladimir Prikhodko, Aleksandr Komissarov, Ivan Zhevago, Vladimir Seleznyov, Kira Golovko, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Ludmila Savelyeva

Overview:

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he's marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party. Part four of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

Keywords:

based on novel or book period drama romantic drama 19th century russian literature historical drama russian history napoleon bonaparte war of 1812