War and Peace

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War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is a Soviet-produced film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Sergei Bondarchuk directed the film, co-wrote the screenplay and also acted in the lead role of Pierre. The film took seven years to produce and cost over US$100 million. If inflation is taken into account, a film of this magnitude would cost over US$700 million today, making War and Peace the most expensive film ever made.... more
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Initial release date:

  • Apr 28, 1968

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 6 h 30 min

Estimated budget:

  • 100,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

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Also known as:

  • Война и мир,
  • Voyna i mir,
  • Natascia - L'incendio di Mosca,
  • Krieg und Frieden,
  • Guerra e Paz

Film

Directed by

Sergei Bondarchuk

Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈfʲodʌrəvʲitʂ bəndʌrˈtʂuk], Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к; September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Bilozerka, in the Kherson oblast, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in...

Tagline:

  • The greatest film ever made has been made

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Runtime:

Runtime Film release region Note
  • 6 h 30 min
  • For the US release, the film was shortened by more than an hour and shown in two parts: in some cities part one was shown for one week and part two the next. However, the US screenings retained the four part structure by dividing part one into two chapters (entitled 'Natasha and Andrei' and 'The Battle of Austerlitz'). Part two was similarly divided into chapters entitled 'Natasha and Pierre' and 'The Burning of Moscow'. The run time of part one was three and a half hours, and part two was three hours both of these include fifteen minute intermissions between the named chapters. The film was dubbed into English with a linking narration, both of which were decried by some reviewers.
  • 8 h 4 min
  • Shown in four parts, first two parts released in 1965, the last two in 1966
  • 6 h 41 min
  • 4 h 23 min
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Languages:

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Country of origin:

Notable filming locations:

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 100,000,000

Production companies:

Film festivals:

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award
  • 1969
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1969
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Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee
  • 1969
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Adaptation

Adapted From

War and Peace

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir), a Russian novel by Leo Tolstoy, is considered one of the world's greatest works of fiction. It is regarded, along with Anna Karenina (1873–7), as his finest literary achievement. Epic in scale, War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events...
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