War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky Poster

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

Not Rated History Romance War Drama

Starring: Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko

Writer: Leo Tolstoy, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vasiliy Solovyov

Release Date:
July 1, 1965
Ratings:
7.5 / 10
Director:
Sergey Bondarchuk
Companies:
Mosfilm

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.