Released Date:
1968-04-28
Languages:
Russian, German, French
Countries:
Soviet Union
Runtime:
427 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (4410 Reviews)
Director:
Sergey BondarchukSergey Bondarchuk
Vasiliy Solovyov
Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Eight-hour epic based on the book of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. The 500,000 strong Napoleon's army moves through Russia and causes much destruction culminating in the battle of Borodino. The Russian army has to retreat. Moscow is occupied, looted and burned down, but soon Napoleon loses control and has to flee. Both sides suffer tremendous losses in the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.
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