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War and Peace (1956)

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War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so expertly handled by second-unit director Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision newsreel footage of the actual

PG, 3 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Classics

Directed By: King Vidor

Written By: Bridget Boland, Robert Westerby, King Vidor, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini

In Theaters: Aug 21, 1956 Wide

On DVD: Dec 3, 2002

Cast

Audrey Hepburn
Natasha
Henry Fonda
Pierre
Mel Ferrer
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Vittorio Gassman
Anatole
Anita Ekberg
Helene
Oscar Homolka
Gen. Mikhail Kutuzov
Herbert Lom
Napoleon
John Mills
Platon
Helmut Dantine
Dolokhov
Milly Vitale
Lise
Barry Jones
Count Ilya Rostov
Wilfred Lawson
Prince Nicholas Bolkons...
Jeremy Brett
Nicholas Rostov
Sean Barrett
Petya Rostov
Anna Maria Ferrero
Mary Bolkonskv
Tullio Carminatti
Kuragin
Patrick Crean
Denisov
Gertrude Flynn
Peronskaya
Marisa Allasio
Matriosa
Vincent Barbi
Balaga
Georges Brehat
French Officer at Execu...
Guido Celano
Napoleon's Officer
David Crowley
Bob Cunningham
Pierre's Second at Duel
Carlo Dale
Mino Doro
Russian General
Andre Eszterhazy
Dolokhov's Second
Andrea Fantasia
Constand
Charles Fawcett
Russian Artillery Capta...
John Horne
Old Gentleman Dancing w...
Clelia Matania
Mlle. Georges
Enrico Olivieri
French Drummer
Mimmo Palmara
Alfredo Rizzo
Soldiers During the Ros...
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Young Cossack
Lea Seidl
Countess Rostov
Robert Stephens
Officers Talking with N...
Gualtiero Tumiati
Pierre's Father
Joop van Hulzen
Russian Officer
Michael Billingsley
Russian Soldier
Gilberto Tofano
Young Dying Soldier
Teresa Pellati
Masa
Cesare Barbetti
Young Boy
John Douglas
Jerry Riggio
Mai Britt
Geoffrey Copleston
Angelo Galassi
Marianna Leibl
Servant at Bolkonsky's
Alberto Carlo Lolli
Rostov's Major-Domo
Piero Palermini
Russian Artillery Lieut...
Umberto Sacripante
Old Man
John Stacey
Michael Tor
Pope
Maria Zanoli
Mayra
Stephen Lang
Tichon
Richard Macnamara
De Beausset
Paul Davis
Young French Officer

Critic Reviews for War and Peace

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Alas, the human stories that Tolstoy told so significantly in the book are sketchy and inconsequential, despite the time devoted to them.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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Spectacle galore starring Hepburn and Fonda.

June 1, 2005 Comment

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Lumbering, stagnant version of an epic novel that could not possibly be covered in 3 1/2 hours. Miscasting is another major downfall of this production, Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda were great stars and very fine actors but they were the wrong ones for this film. Fine production design and beautiful photography do

September 26, 2007

jay nixon

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What a very long epic film classic. Really interested drama story of international conflict, spectacular adventure, gripping intrigue and tragic romance set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. It's also a bit familiar to 1939's Gone with the Wind. I found out this took five years to make at

February 12, 2007

Dean McKenna

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