Released:
1966-03-14

Overview:
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.

Director:
Sergey Bondarchuk

Runtime:
2h 27min

Genre:
History, Romance, War, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Ludmila Savelyeva
  as
  Natasha Rostova
• 
  Sergey Bondarchuk
  as
  Pierre Bezukhov
• 
  Vyacheslav Tikhonov
  as
  Andrei Bolkonsky
• 
  Viktor Stanitsyn
  as
  Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
• 
  Kira Golovko
  as
  Countess Rostova