War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 14, 1966

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Ludmila Savelyeva,Sergey Bondarchuk,Vyacheslav Tikhonov,Viktor Stanitsyn,Kira Golovko,Oleg Tabakov,Nikolay Kodin,Sergei Yermilov,Irina Gubanova,Anatoli Ktorovand 73 more

Director

Sergey Bondarchuk

Writer

Leo Tolstoy,Vasiliy Solovyov,Sergey Bondarchuk

Producer

Viktor Tsirgiladze,Nikolai Ivanov,G. Meerovich

Cinematography

Anatoly Petritsky

Music

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0059884