War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)
Original title: Война и Мир 1: Андрей Болконский
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky is a 1966 Russian-language history movie directed by Sergey Bondarchuk, with a running time of 2h 27m. It stars Ludmila Savelyeva, Sergey Bondarchuk and Vyacheslav Tikhonov.
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.
Where to watch War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
Stream: Criterion Channel, HBO Max
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
- Oleg Tabakov as Nikolai Rostov
- Nikolay Kodin as Petya Rostov
- Sergei Yermilov as Petya Rostov
- Irina Gubanova as Sonya
- Anatoli Ktorov as Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
- Antonina Shuranova as Princess Maria
- Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Lisa Bolkonskaya