War and Peace (1956)
August 21, 1956Release Date
War and Peace (1956)
August 21, 1956Release Date
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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
Barry Jones
Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
May Britt
Sonia Rostova
Jeremy Brett
Nikolai Rostov
John Mills
Platon Karataev
Helmut Dantine
Dolokhov
Tullio Carminati
Prince Vasili Kuragin
Milly Vitale
Lisa Bolkonskaya
Lea Seidl
Countess Rostov
Anna Maria Ferrero
Maria Bolkonskaya
Wilfrid Lawson
Prince Bolkonsky (as Wilfred Lawson)
Patrick Crean
Denisov
Sean Barrett
Petya Rostov
Gertrude Flynn
Mariya Peronskaya
King Vidor
Director / Screenplay
Bridget Boland
Screenplay
Mario Camerini
Screenplay
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Ivo Perilli
Screenplay
Gian Gaspare Napolitano
Screenplay
Mario Soldati
Screenplay
Carlo Ponti
Executive Producer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Leo Tolstoy
Novel
Robert Westerby
Screenplay
Leo Catozzo
Editor
Bill Neff
Gaffer
Bud Bashaw Jr.
Makeup Artist
Maria De Matteis
Costume Designer
Aldo Tonti
Second Unit Director of Photography
Mario Chiari
Art Direction
Gianni Polidori
Assistant Art Director
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.