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.
Director
Sergei Bondarchuk
Production
Mosfilm
Cast
Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmila Savelyeva, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Oleg Tabakov, Nikolay Kodin, Sergei Yermilov, Irina Gubanova, Anatoli Ktorov, Antonina Shuranova, Boris Smirnov, Irina Skobtseva, Vasili Lanovoy, Oleg Efremov, Nikolai Tolkachyov, Yelena Tyapkina, Klavdiya Polovikova, Eduard Martsevich