War and Peace

Based On the book by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir) is a 1965–1967 Soviet epic war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel. Released in four installments throughout 1965 and 1967, the film starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova. The film was produced by the Mosfilm studios between 1961 and 1967, with considerable support from the Soviet authorities and the Soviet Army which provided hundreds of horses and over ten thousand soldiers as extras. At a cost of 8.29 million Rbls (equal to US$9.21 million at 1967 rates, or $60–70 million in 2019, accounting for rouble inflation) it was the most expensive film made in the Soviet Union.

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Release date:

July 1, 1965

Director:

Sergei Bondarchuk

Cast:

Ludmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Yefremov

Genre:

Historical, Romance, Drama, Epic, War

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Year page:

1965 in adaptations