War & peace [DVD] : the complete miniseries / British Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by David Conroy ; written by Jack Pulman ; directed by John Davies.
Format:
[DVD] :
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Entertainment One,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
5 videodiscs (890 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Originally broadcast on television in 1972-1973. Contains all 20 episodes from the BBC television mini-series. Full screen (1.33:1, 4x3). Special features: Photo galleries comprising over 200 stills. Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Morag Hood, Angela Down, Sylvester Morand, Rupert Davies, Faith Brook, Joanna David, Anthony Jacobs.
Contents:
Disc 1: Name-day ; Sounds of war ; Skirmish at Schòˆngraben ; A letter and two proposals -- Disc 2: Austerlitz ; Reunions ; New beginnings ; A beautiful tale -- Disc 3: Leave of absence ; Madness ; Men of destiny ; Fortunes of war -- Disc 4: Borodino ; Escape ; Moscow! ; Two meetings -- Disc 5: Of life and death ; The retreat ; The road to life ; An epilogue.
Summary:
Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
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