War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

History, Romance, War, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Sergey Bondarchuk

Status Released

Release Date 1966-03-14

Storyline

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.