War and Peace (1972)
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Anthony Hopkins
Pierre Bezukhov
Morag Hood
Natasha Rostova
Alan Dobie
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Rupert Davies
Count Rostov
Joanna David
Sonya
Faith Brook
Countess Rostova
Angela Down
Princess Maria Bolkonskya
Sylvester Morand
Nikolai Rostov
David Swift
Napoleon
Fiona Gaunt
Hélène Kuragina
John Davies
Director
Donald Burton
Dolohov
Barbara Young
Anna Scherer
Colin Baker
Anatole Kuragin
Basil Henson
Prince Vasili Kuragin
John Malcolm
Laurent
John Sterland
Basil Dignam
Gary Watson
Jerome Willis
Alan Collins
Jean Heywood
Tenniel Evans
Peter Cartwright
John Cazabon
Harry Locke
Victor Brooks
John Ringham
Patrick Holt
Tony Caunter
Richard Hurndall
Beatrix Lehmann
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1972
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes20
Running Time1h
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
War and Peace is a British television dramatisation of the 1869 Leo Tolstoy novel War and Peace. This 20-episode series began on 28 September 1972. The BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezukhov, Morag Hood is Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie is Andrei Bolkonsky and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for each of them and their families.
The twenty-part serial was produced by David Conroy and directed by John Davies. Conroy's aim was to transfer the characters and plot from Tolstoy's novel to television drama to run for a duration of 15 hours. Scripted by Jack Pulman, this version of War and Peace contained battle sequences, which were filmed in Yugoslavia. The theme tune is the Russian imperial anthem, played by the band of the Welsh Guards.Hopkins received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance, and the production designer Don Homfray won a BAFTA for his work on the series.