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Alas, the human stories that Tolstoy told so significantly in the book are sketchy and inconsequential, despite the time devoted to them.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
War and Peace
The greatest novel ever written ... Now magnificently alive on the screen!
1956 · 3h 28m · PG
Drama, History, Romance, War
Directed by
King Vidor
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War and Peace
Overview
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Director and cast
- King Vidor Director
- Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
- Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezukhov
- Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- Vittorio Gassman as Anatol Kuragin
- Herbert Lom as Napoleon
- Oskar Homolka as Field Marshal Kutuzov
- Anita Ekberg as Helene Kuragina
- Barry Jones as Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
- May Britt as Sonia Rostova
- Jeremy Brett as Nikolai Rostov
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