Li︠u︡dmila Savelʹeva, Sergeĭ Bondarchuk, Vi︠a︡cheslav Tikhonov, V. Stanit︠syn, K. Golovko, O. Tabakov, N. Kodin, S. Ermilov, I. Gubanova, A. Ktorov, A. Shuranova, A. Vertinskai︠a︡, B. Smirnov, I Skobt︠s︡eva, V. Lanovoĭ, O. Efremov, B. Zakhava. Title and credits from screen. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. Wide screen (2.35:1). "At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic tome ... As a statement of Soviet cinema's might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking"--Container. Features: New 2K digital restoration; 2019 program with historian Denise J. Youngblood (Bondarchuk's "War and Peace": Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic) detailing the cultural and historical contexts for the film; New interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of director Sergei Bondarchuk; Two documentaries, from 1966 and 1969, about the making of the film; Television program from 1967 on actor Ludmila Savelyeva, featuring Sergei Bondarchuk; Janus Films rerelease trailer; New English subtitle translation; An essay by critic Ella Taylor.
The fates of three souls-- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha-- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. The film conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and epic breathtaking battles.
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