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Critic David Parkinson
rated 10

It's worth repeating that 30 stars and 120,000 extras populated the 158 separate scenes that were played out against 272 sets, especially as the paintings, furnishings and props were borrowed from the country's finest museums...

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Cast & Crew

King Vidor
Director
Henry Fonda
As Pierre Bezukhov
Vittorio Gassman
As Anatol Kuragin
John Mills
As Platon Karataev
Herbert Lom
As Napoleon
Mel Ferrer
As Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Anita Ekberg
As Helene Kuragina
Oskar Homolka
As Field Marshal Kutuzov

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War and Peace is a sweeping epic that follows the lives of several aristocratic Russian families during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the early 19th century. The film is a visually stunning and emotionally powerful adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's literary masterpiece, with a cast of unforgettable characters and a story that spans romance, drama, and war.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as War and Peace include The Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Pork Chop Hill, The Lioness of Castille, The Buccaneer.

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War and Peace was released in theaters on August 21, 1956.