War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky 1966

Release date

03/14/1966

Directors

Sergey Bondarchuk

Writers

Sergey Bondarchuk, Leo Tolstoy, Vasiliy Solovyov

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.

based on novel or book period drama russian history historical drama 19th century russian literature