War and Peace
“Greatest motion picture ever made! Romance ever lived! Adventure story written!”
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.
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Cast
170 people
Ludmila Savelyeva
Natasha Rostova
Known for
Sunflower
Sergei Bondarchuk
Pierre Bezukhov
Known for
Fate of a Man
They Fought for Their Motherland
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Andrei Bolkonsky
Known for
Seventeen Moments of Spring
White Bim Black Ear
Viktor Stanitsyn
Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
Also in
Dead Souls
Guilty Without Guilt
Kira Golovko
Countess Rostova
Also in
First-Year Student
The Chairman
Станислав Чекан
Тихон Щербатый
Oleg Tabakov
Nikolai Rostov
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Nikolay Kodin
Petya Rostov
Also in
No Fear, No Blame
Adventures of a Dentist
Sergei Yermilov
Petya Rostov
Also in
The Gypsy
On Tomorrow's Street
Irina Gubanova
Sonya
Known for
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
Anatoli Ktorov
Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
Known for
Chess Fever
Antonina Shuranova
Princess Mariya
Known for
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
Sergei Bondarchuk Director · Vasiliy Solovyov Screenplay Leo Tolstoy Author
Director Screenplay
Sergei Bondarchuk
Screenplay
Vasiliy Solovyov
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Composer
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Cinematographer
Anatoly Petritsky
Editor
Tatyana Likhachyova
Editor
Yelena Surazhskaya
Production designer
Semyon Valyushok
Production designer
Aleksandr Dikhtyar
Production designer
Gennady Myasnikov
Costume designer
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume designer
Mikhail Chikovani
Costume designer
Vyacheslav Vavra
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $700M · United States release April 28, 1968
Box office
Budget
$700,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,000,000
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Война и мир
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
French · German · Hungarian · Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 16, 1965
Premiere · Moscow Film Festival (Part 1 & 2)
Russia · March 14, 1966
Theatrical
United States · April 28, 1968
Theatrical
Argentina
March 12, 1966 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Germany
August 16, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Greece
September 22, 1968 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Mexico
May 1, 1969 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 17, 2016 · Digital
Russia
March 14, 1966
Sweden
May 11, 2026 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 23, 1969 · Theatrical
December 25, 1976 · TV
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