War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)
Overview : The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the 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 Napoleon.
Release Date : March 14, 1966
Runtime : 147m
Companies : Mosfilm
Countries : Soviet Union
Keywords : period drama, 19th century, russian literature