War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

History, Romance, War, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Sergey Bondarchuk

Status Released

Release Date 1967-07-21

Storyline

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Part three of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.