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1967
War and Peace is a 1965–1967 Soviet epic war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel. Released in four installments throughout 1965 and 1967, the film starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova.
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For casual cinephiles, Soviet cinema often conjures two towering figures: Sergei Eisenstein, the revolutionary pioneer of montage, and Andrei Tarkovsky, the poetic visionary of metaphysical cinema. Yet, the most monumental achievement in Soviet film history belongs to neither. Instead, it is the work of Sergei Bondarchuk, an actor-turned-director whose sophomore feature, *War and Peace* (1965–1967), stands as a colo…More
