Overview
War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version of the novel, then known as The Year 1805,were serialized in the magazine The Russian Messenger between 1865 and 1867.
Director and cast
- Robert Dornhelm Director
- Brendan Donnison Director
- Alessio Boni as Andrej Bolkonski
- Clémence Poésy as Natascha Rostova
- Alexander Beyer as Pierre Bezukhov
- Malcolm McDowell as Prince Bolkonski
- Andrea Giordana as Comte Rostov
- Ana Caterina Morariu as Sonja
- Violante Placido as Helene
- Toni Bertorelli as Vasili
- Igor Kostolevskiy as Tsar Alexandre
- Hannelore Elsner as Comtesse Rostova
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