
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
1967 · Movie · Not Rated · 81 min · ★ 7.5
As a massive invasion pushes Russia toward a decisive clash, one aristocrat seeks front-line duty while another heads to the battlefield as an observer and is swept into the fighting. This chapter of the larger epic focuses on the dread, chaos, and human cost of war.
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Details
- Original title
- Война и Мир 3: 1812 год
- Years
- 1967
- Release date
- 1967-07-21
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 81 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (63 votes)
About
You’ll likely be drawn in if you want a large-scale historical war epic with relentless battlefield intensity and atmosphere, especially if you liked War and Peace (1965) or They Fought for Their Country; Not for you if you want a standalone, character-driven drama.
Pros: overwhelming battle scale; intense sense of dread; rich period atmosphere | Cons: less character focus; needs earlier parts; occasional pacing lulls
Themes
- based on novel or book
- napoleon bonaparte
- period drama
- war of 1812
- russian history
- historical drama
- 19th century
- russian literature
- romantic drama
Cast & crew

Ludmila Savelyeva
as Natasha Rostova

Sergey Bondarchuk
as Pierre Bezukhov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
as Andrei Bolkonsky

Boris Zakhava
as Kutuzov

Viktor Stanitsyn
as Ilya Andreyevich Rostov

Kira Golovko
as Countess Rostova

Sergei Yermilov
as Petya Rostov

Irina Gubanova
as Sonya

Anatoli Ktorov
as Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky

Antonina Shuranova
as Princess Maria
Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk