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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1966 · 147 min

A stately, immersive plunge into aristocratic ballrooms and smoky battlefields, rewarding patience with sweeping spectacle and quiet emotional weight.

Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk
Genres: History, War, Drama
Starring: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmila Savelyeva

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.

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Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk
Genres: History, War, Drama
Starring: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmila Savelyeva

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
family
identity
love
class
Places: big city
countryside
military
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: history, war, drama
Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk
Written by: Sergei Bondarchuk, Vasiliy Solovyov
Starring: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmila Savelyeva, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Oleg Tabakov, Nikolay Kodin
Music: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Cinematography: Anatoly Petritsky
Runtime: 147 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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