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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)
- NR
- 07/23/1966 (JP)
- War, Drama, History
- 2h 27m
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.
Sergei Bondarchuk
Director, ScreenplayLeo Tolstoy
NovelVasiliy Solovyov
ScreenplayCast
![Ludmila Savelyeva's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/tkdjeRAA6wq6ElAhZFoEFbbXSGS.jpg)
Ludmila Savelyeva
Natasha Rostova![Sergei Bondarchuk's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/un0GzjdVsS4hODqrWKepHA8QrwU.jpg)
Sergei Bondarchuk
Pierre Bezukhov![Vyacheslav Tikhonov's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/nmyCpQmVwzG4xI5u5n18frO7DDG.jpg)
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Andrei Bolkonsky![Viktor Stanitsyn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ep9SVDN08Dt5GQaVlIgbrby3KMY.jpg)
Viktor Stanitsyn
Ilya Andreyevich Rostov![Kira Golovko's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/8sXMeK9726cHsF96x06qNuUtE7.jpg)
Kira Golovko
Countess Rostova![Oleg Tabakov's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/hP4Bl2NhZ7P3hQmeSyStlk3C0yU.jpg)
Oleg Tabakov
Nikolai Rostov![Sergei Yermilov's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/agS0URL8qP27uO1NLHOb4GMvkLp.jpg)
Sergei Yermilov
Petya Rostov (uncredited)![Irina Gubanova's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/gMWop7Tjz1aizWoHaBE4ut1u9j3.jpg)