---
title: 'War and Peace (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'King Vidor'
released: '1956-08-21'
runtime_minutes: 208
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/war-and-peace-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049934/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# War and Peace (1956)

1956 · 208 min · Drama, War, Romance, History · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

War and Peace is a 1956 epic historical drama film based on the 1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy. It was directed and co-written by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti for Paramount Pictures. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Andrei, along with Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Anita Ekberg in one of her first breakthrough roles, Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale, Jeremy Brett and John Mills. The musical score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Franco Ferrara.

## Credits

- **Director:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- **Screenplay:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor), [Mario Camerini](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-camerini), [Mario Soldati](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-soldati), [Ivo Perilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-perilli), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini), [Gian Gaspare Napolitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-gaspare-napolitano), [Bridget Boland](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-boland), [Robert Westerby](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-westerby)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nino Rota](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-rota)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis), [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)

## Cast

- [Anna Maria Ferrero](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-maria-ferrero) as Marya Bolkonskaya
- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom) as Napoleon
- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara)
- [John Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mills) as Platon Karataev
- [Mel Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-ferrer) as Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky
- [Tullio Carminati](https://cinepixo.com/people/tullio-carminati) as Vasili Kuragin
- [Audrey Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-hepburn) as Natasha Rostova
- [Paddy Crean](https://cinepixo.com/people/paddy-crean) as Vasily Denisov
- [Guido Celano](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-celano) as Victor
- [Marisa Allasio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-allasio) as Matrosha
- [Alan Furlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-furlan)
- [Giacomo Rossi-Stuart](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-rossi-stuart)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman) as Anatole Kuragin
- [Mino Doro](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-doro)
- [Charles Fernley Fawcett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fernley-fawcett) as an artillery officer

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/war-and-peace-1956
Film facts: Wikidata (Q643811); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.