Fresh
Frequently gorgeous, occasionally dull, always fascinating.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1966 · 2h 27m · Not Rated
Drama, History, Romance, War
Directed by
Sergey Bondarchuk
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 and cast
- Sergey Bondarchuk Director
- Ludmila Savelyeva as Natasha Rostova
- Sergey Bondarchuk as Pierre Besukhov
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Andrei Bolkonsky
- Viktor Stanitsyn as Ilya Andreyevitch Rostov
- Kira Golovko as Countess Rostova
- Oleg Tabakov as Nikolai Rostov
- Irina Gubanova as Soniya
- Sergei Yermilov as Petya Rostov (uncredited)
- Anatoli Ktorov Cast
- Antonina Shuranova Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Exhaustive, spectacular, often dazzling in its ambition and faithfulness to Tolstoy, the movie is still regarded as one of the wonders of epic cinema.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
This is the barbaric yawp of the Soviet film industry circa 1968, an entertainment A-bomb test announcing to the world: 'Here is what we are capable of.'
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
Considering its cost and the vast effort that went into its making, such a film can be made only once in our time. The wonder, indeed, is that it was made at all.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Though it can be bombastic and mind-numbing, it's often lively and eye filling.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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