War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1966/03/14 (US) | War, Drama, History
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.
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director
Vasiliy Solovyov
Screenplay
Sergey Bondarchuk
Screenplay
Lead 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 (uncredited)
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Mosfilm
Crews
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Director of Photography
Yu-Lan Chen
Director of Photography
Anatoly Petritsky
Director of Photography
Leo Tolstoy
Novel