War and Peace

(1968)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 165 votes

Genres: History, Drama, War, Romance

Year: 1968

Runtime: 403 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Сергей Бондарчук

Cast: Людмила Савельева, Сергей Бондарчук, Вячеслав Тихонов, Виктор Станицын, Кира Головко, Олег Табаков, Николай Кодин, Сергей Ермилов, Ирина Губанова, Анатолий Кторов

Plot

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.

Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Lev Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction, culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.