War and peace
Type
Label
War and peace
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated PG
Main title
War and peace
Runtime
208
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
Summary
War and Peace is a commendable attempt to boil down Tolstoy's long, difficult novel into 208 minutes' screen time. In recreating the the social and personal upheavals attending Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, $6 million was shelled out by coproducers Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis and Paramount Pictures. Some of the panoramic battle sequences are so expertly handled by second-unit director Mario Soldati that they appear to be Technicolor-and-Vistavision newsreel footage of the actual events. Still, the film falters dramatically, principally because of a lumpy script and King Vidor's surprisingly lustreless direction. In addition, the casting is wildly consistent: for example, while Audrey Hepburn is flawless as Natasha, Henry Fonda is far too "Yankeefied" as the introspective Pierre. Proving too long and unwieldy for most audiences, War and Peace died at the box office; far more successful was the epic, scrupulously faithful 1968 version, filmed in the Soviet Union
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Mills, John, 1908-2005
- hoopla digital
- Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
- Homolka, Oscar, 1898-1978
- Vidor, King, 1894-1982
- Rota, Nino, 1911-1979
- Boland, Bridget
- De Laurentiis, Dino
- Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
- Gassman, Vittorio
- Ferrer, Mel
- Ekberg, Anita, 1931-2015
- Cardiff, Jack
- Cattozzo, Leo
- Westerby, Robert
- Tonti, Aldo, 1910-1988
- Camerini, Mario
- Perilli, Ivo, 1902-1994
- De Concini, Ennio, 1923-2008
- Lom, Herbert
Subject
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 + Campaigns -- Russia -- Drama
- Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Heterosociality -- Drama
- War films
- Love triangles
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Sexual relationships
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Film adaptations
- Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Drama
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Russia -- Drama
Content
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Is Based On
Is Part Of
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor21
- Mills, John, 1908-2005
- hoopla digital
- Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
- Homolka, Oscar, 1898-1978
- Vidor, King, 1894-1982
- Rota, Nino, 1911-1979
- Boland, Bridget
- De Laurentiis, Dino
- Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
- Gassman, Vittorio
- Ferrer, Mel
- Ekberg, Anita, 1931-2015
- Cardiff, Jack
- Cattozzo, Leo
- Westerby, Robert
- Tonti, Aldo, 1910-1988
- Camerini, Mario
- Perilli, Ivo, 1902-1994
- De Concini, Ennio, 1923-2008
- Lom, Herbert
- Genre2
- Subject11
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 + Campaigns -- Russia -- Drama
- Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Heterosociality -- Drama
- War films
- Love triangles
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Sexual relationships
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Film adaptations
- Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Drama
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Russia -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor8
- resource.directorofphotography2
- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer1
- Is Based On1
- Is Part Of1
- composerexpression1
- resource.screenwriter6