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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
Война и Мир 1: Андрей Болконский
1966 · Film · 147 min
Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
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.
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If you like long movies, I highly recommend Sergei Bondarchuk's film of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" - IIRC, more than 7 hours long. I have never seen such dedication to the art of moviemaking.
Sergei Bondarchuk also plays, quite movingly, the "central" role of Pierre, a representation of Tolstoy himself in the story. (His daughter stars in another of my favorite long movies, Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solyaris".)
Mosfilm has uploaded it on YouTube in four parts:
Part 1 https://youtu.be/bIij-KQ0jYU
Part 2 https://youtu.be/uJjqSfdFuUI
Part 3 https://youtu.be/wpKA1meiJzs
Part 4 https://youtu.be/nvDMu5e4xzw
By the way, if you get a chance to see Bondarchuk's 6 hour version of War and Peace, don't miss it. It's epic, beautiful and highly experimental. It's worth seeing just for the aerial shots during the war scenes.