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War and Peace 1968 Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk Война и мир

Greatest motion picture ever made! Romance ever lived! Adventure story written!

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. 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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Languages French , German , Hungarian , Russian
Gneres Drama , History , Romance , War
Production Company Mosfilm
Budget $100,000,000
Release Date 28 April 1968
422 mins
Cast
Ludmila Savelyeva Natasha Rostova
Sergey Bondarchuk Pierre Bezukhov
Vyacheslav Tikhonov Andrei Bolkonsky
Viktor Stanitsyn Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
Kira Golovko Countess Rostova
Oleg Tabakov Nikolai Rostov
Sergei Yermilov Petya Rostov
Anatoli Ktorov Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
Antonina Shuranova Princess Mariya
Anastasiya Vertinskaya Lisa Bolkonskaya
Boris Smirnov Prince Vasili
Vasili Lanovoy Anatol Kuragin
Oleg Efremov Dolokhov
Nikolai Tolkachyov Count Bezukhov
Yelena Tyapkina Akhrosimova
Eduard Martsevich Drubetskoy
Angelina Stepanova Anna Pavlovna Scherer
Gemma Firsova Katish Mamontova
Galina Kravchenko Maria Lvovna Karagina
Boris Zakhava Field Marshal Kutuzov
Aleksandr Borisov Uncle Rostov
Nonna Mordyukova Anisya Fedorovna
Aleksandr Semin Nikolushka
Mikhail Khrabrov Platon Karataev
Stanislav Chekan Tikhon Shcherbaty
Viktor Murganov Tsar Alexander I
Vladislav Strzhelchik Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Vadim Safronov Emperor Franz
Nikolai Bubnov General Mack
Ivan Solovyov Shinshin
Yuri Chekulayev Nesvitsky
Pyotr Savin Timokhin
Andrey Smirnov Staff Officer
Vasiliy Badayev Regimental Commander
D. Eizental Clausewitz
Lev Polyakov Lauriston
Georgi Shapovalov Russian Soldier
Ivan Turchenkov Russian Soldier
Nikolai Khryashchikov Russian Soldier
Semen Svashenko Russian Soldier
Aleksandr Kuznetsov Russian Soldier
Aleksandr Lebedev Russian Soldier
Nikolay Smorchkov Russian Soldier
Ivan Zhevago Russian Soldier
Aleksey Bakhar Russian Soldier
Mikhail Vorobyov Russian Soldier
Aleksandr Degtyar Russian Soldier
Ye. Shalamov Russian Soldier
A. Boldyrev Russian Soldier
Denis Sivakov Russian Soldier
N. Sorokin Russian Soldier
Vladimir Prikhodko Russian Soldier
Daniil Netrebin Russian Soldier
Yelena Stroyeva Princess Kuragina
Larisa Borisenko Mademoiselle Bourienne
Alfred Rebane Austrian General
Georgiy Kurovskiy German Colonel
Vladimir Maslatsov Servant in the Rostovs' House
Vladimir Mashchenko Ippolit Kuragin
Aleksandr Smirnov Staff Officer Kozlovsky
Nikolay Sibeikin Gamekeeper
Georgi Rybakov Kuragin's Friend
Nikolay Grinko Desalles
Sergey Nikonenko Russian Officer
Leonid Vidavskiy Paisi Sergeevich Kaysarov
Ivan Vasilyenko Senior Officer
Zoya Rupasova Girl on Fire
Apollon Yachnitskiy Makar Alexeyevich Bazdeyev
Vladimir Seleznyov Bolkhovitinov
Aleksei Kuznetsov Officer (uncredited)
Oleg Shtoda Officer (uncredited)
Yuri Leonidov Nesvitsky (uncredited)
Lyudmila Davydova Princess Bezukhova (uncredited)
Iya Arepina Girl in Akhrosimova's House (uncredited)
Leonid Brusin Cavalier at the Ball (uncredited)
Rada Volshaninova Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
Anna Timiryova Lady at the Ball (uncredited)
Leonid Yevtifyev Caulaincourt (uncredited)
Anatoliy Zhukov Marshal Berthier (uncredited)
Alfred Zinovyev French Soldier (uncredited)
Aleksandra Danilova (uncredited)
Mikhail Bocharov Artisan (uncredited)
Vasiliy Krasnoshchyokov Captive (uncredited)
Mikhail Pogorzhelsky Michael Barclay de Tolly (uncredited)
Anatoliy Ivanov A. I. Osterman-Tolstoy (uncredited)
Semyon Safonov Arsonist (uncredited)