Overview
The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.
Cast
Natasha Rostova
Pierre Bezukhov
Andrei Bolkonsky
Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
Countess Rostova
Nikolai Rostov
Petya Rostov (uncredited)
Sonya
Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
Princess Mariya
Lisa Bolkonskaya
Prince Vasili