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War and Peace

1965 · Movie · GP · 422 min · ★ 7.6 · 95% critics

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Set against Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia, this sweeping historical drama intertwines an intimate romance with the upheaval of war. As high-society lives are reshaped by love, duty, and national crisis, the story moves between grand social gatherings and overwhelming battlefront chaos.

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Details
Original title
Война и мир
Years
1965
Release date
1968-04-28
Network
Central Television USSR
Language
Russian
Rated
GP
Runtime
422 min
Critic score
95/100
TMDB rating
7.6/10 (157 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a huge, emotionally charged historical epic with romance and massive war sequences, especially if you like They Fought for Their Country; Not for you if very long runtimes or dense period stories wear you out.

Pros: astonishing battle scale; rich period atmosphere; stirring music | Cons: very long runtime; some confusing character threads; uneven pacing

Themes

  • napoleon bonaparte
  • napoleonic wars
  • war of 1812
  • historical drama
  • 19th century
  • historical epic
  • romantic drama

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest International Feature Film · 1969
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 1969 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest International Feature Film · 1969 · nominated
  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1969 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Sergey Bondarchuk