Movie
War and Peace
Overview
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-08-21
- Runtime
- 208 min
- Genres
- War, Romance, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
- Country
- Italy, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
- Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezukhov
- Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- Vittorio Gassman as Anatol Kuragin
- Herbert Lom as Napoleon
- Oskar Homolka as Field Marshal Kutuzov
- Anita Ekberg as Helene Kuragina
- Barry Jones as Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
- May Britt as Sonia Rostova
- Jeremy Brett as Nikolai Rostov
- John Mills as Platon Karataev
- Helmut Dantine as Dolokhov
Crew
- King Vidor - Director
- King Vidor - Screenplay
- Bridget Boland - Screenplay
- Mario Camerini - Screenplay
- Ennio De Concini - Screenplay
- Ivo Perilli - Screenplay
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