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War and Peace

Name: War and Peace
Director: King Vidor
Genre: War, Romance, Drama, History
Released: 1956-08-21
Duration: 208 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom

1956 · 3h 28m · War, Romance, Drama, History

IMDb 6.7 RT 50%

If you've got nearly four hours and a taste for sweeping historical epics, absolutely watch this—Tolstoy's masterpiece adapted to screen is a rare blend of intimate romance and massive-scale warfare that's genuinely hard to find done well. Skip it only if you need something quick and light, because this demands your full attention and rewards it immensely.

Plot

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Director: King Vidor

Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom

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