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War and peace [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Sergi Bondarchuk.

Criterion Collection, Jun2019.

DVD WAR 1966 Wor

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia -- Drama.

Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Drama.

Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 983.

Alternate title:

Voina i mir [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.

In Russian with English subtitles.

"At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tome in which the fates of three souls -- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha -- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema’s might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking."--Container.

Coming-of-age films.

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