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War and peace = Voĭna i mir / Mosfilʹm ; rezhissër-postanovshchik Sergeĭ Bondarchuk ; avtory ėkranizat͡sii Sergeĭ Bondarchuk, Vasiliĭ Solovʹëv.
War and peace = Война и мир / Мосфильм ; режиссёр-постановщик Сергей Бондарчук ; авторы экранизации Сергей Бондарчук, Василий Соловьёв.
Record details
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (422 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaflet (47 x 37 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm)
- Edition: Three-DVD special edition ; Widescreen.
- Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container insert. Credits from screen. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. Wide screen (2.35:1). "At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic tome ... As a statement of Soviet cinema's might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking"--Container Features: New 2K digital restoration; 2019 program with historian Denise J. Youngblood (Bondarchuk's "War and Peace": Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic) detailing the cultural and historical contexts for the film; New interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of director Sergei Bondarchuk; Two documentaries, from 1966 and 1969, about the making of the film; Television program from 1967 on actor Ludmila Savelyeva, featuring Sergei Bondarchuk; Janus Films rerelease trailer; New English subtitle translation; An essay by critic Ella Taylor. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | disc one. Andreĭ Bolkonskiĭ -- disc two. Natasha Rostova -- disc three. 1812; Pʹer Bezukhov. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Anatoliĭ Petrit͡skiĭ ; editor, Tatʹi͡ana Likhacheva ; music, Vi͡acheslav Ovchinnikov. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Li͡udmila Savelʹeva, Sergeĭ Bondarchuk, Vi͡acheslav Tikhonov, V. Stanit͡syn, K. Golovko, O. Tabakov, N. Kodin, S. Ermilov, I. Gubanova, A. Ktorov, A. Shuranova, A. Vertinskai͡a, B. Smirnov, I Skobt͡seva, V. Lanovoĭ, O. Efremov, B. Zakhava. |
| Summary, etc.: | The fates of three souls-- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha-- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. The film conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and epic breathtaking battles. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
| Language Note: | Russian dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
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| Genre: | Motion pictures, Russian. Historical films. Romance films. Film adaptations. Feature films. War films. Epic films. Fiction films. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
