War and Peace (1956)
August 21, 1956Release Date
War and Peace (1956)
August 21, 1956Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Audrey Hepburn
Natasha Rostova
Henry Fonda
Pierre Bezukhov
Mel Ferrer
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Vittorio Gassman
Anatol Kuragin
Herbert Lom
Napoleon
Oskar Homolka
Field Marshal Kutuzov
Anita Ekberg
Helene Kuragina
Helmut Dantine
Dolokhov
May Britt
Sonia Rostova
Tullio Carminati
Prince Vasili Kuragin
Jeremy Brett
Nikolai Rostov
John Mills
Platon Karataev
Barry Jones
Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
King Vidor
Director
Leo Tolstoy
Writer
Milly Vitale
Lisa Bolkonskaya
Bridget Boland
Writer
Lea Seidl
Countess Rostov
Robert Westerby
Writer
Anna Maria Ferrero
Maria Bolkonskaya
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Wilfrid Lawson
Prince Bolkonsky (as Wilfred Lawson)
Patrick Crean
Denisov
Nino Rota
Composer
Sean Barrett
Petya Rostov
Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer
Gertrude Flynn
Mariya Peronskaya
Leo Catozzo
Editor
Carlo Ponti
Executive Producer
Piero Gherardi
Set Decoration
Guy Thomajan
Dialogue Coach
Ivo Perilli
Screenplay
Guidarino Guidi
Assistant Director
Mario Chiari
Art Direction
Maria De Matteis
Costume Designer
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Supervisor
Bruno Todini
Production Manager
Stuart Gilmore
Supervising Editor
Aldo Tonti
Second Unit Director of Photography
Mario Camerini
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 21, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 28m
Content RatingPG
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$12,500,000
Genres
Wiki.
War and Peace (Italian: Guerra e pace) is a 1956 epic historical drama film based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name. It is 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 Oskar Homolka, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Jeremy Brett, John Mills and Anita Ekberg in one of her first breakthrough roles. The musical score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Franco Ferrara.
War and Peace opened on August 21, 1956, to a mixed reception, with some reviewers critical with the film truncating much of Tolstoy's novel, and the casting of 50-year-old Henry Fonda as the 20-year-old Pierre Bezukhov. It received Academy Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Cinematography (Color), and Best Costume Design (Color). It was also nominated for four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture β Drama and Best Actress in a Motion Picture β Drama (Audrey Hepburn), and won for Best Foreign Film.In his role as critic voter in the 2012 British Film Institute survey on the greatest films of all time, famed John Ford biographer Tad Gallagher chose War and Peace as one of the ten greatest movies of all time.In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.