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title: 'War and Peace (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Bondarchuk'
released: '1965-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 432
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/war-and-peace-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063794/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# War and Peace (1965)

1965 · 432 min · Drama, War, Adventure, Romance, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Война и мир

## Synopsis

War and Peace is a 1965–1967 Soviet epic war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel. Released in four installments throughout 1965 and 1967, the film starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk), [Leo Tolstoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tolstoy), [Vasily Solovyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-solovyov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vyacheslav-ovchinnikov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Iolanda Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/iolanda-chen)

## Cast

- [Dzhemma Firsova](https://cinepixo.com/people/dzhemma-firsova)
- [Nikolai Smorchkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-smorchkov)
- [Ivan Solovyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-solovyov)
- [Boris Zakhava](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-zakhava) as Mikhail Kutuzov
- [Lyudmila Davydova](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyudmila-davydova)
- [Jean-Claude Balard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-balard)
- [Yelena Tyapkina](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelena-tyapkina)
- [Aleksandr Smirnov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-smirnov)
- [Aleksandr Lebedev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-lebedev)
- [Oleksiy Gorbunov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleksiy-gorbunov)
- [Sergei Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-bondarchuk) as Pierre Bezukhov
- [Anna Timiryova](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-timiryova)
- [Nikolay Khryashchikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-khryashchikov)
- [Georgy Millyar](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-millyar)
- [Giuli Chokhonelidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuli-chokhonelidze) as Pyotr Bagration

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/war-and-peace-1965
Film facts: Wikidata (Q845176); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.