War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

Release Date: 1966-03-14

Runtime: 147 minutes

Rating: 7.6/10

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.

Genres: War, Drama, History