

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
Overview
The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the 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 Napoleon.
Year 1966
Studio Mosfilm
Director Sergey Bondarchuk
Crew Sergey Bondarchuk (Director), Aleksandr Shelenkov (Director of Photography), Anatoly Petritsky (Director of Photography), Yu-Lan Chen (Director of Photography), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Original Music Composer), Leo Tolstoy (Novel)
Popularity 1
Language Français, Pусский