WAR & PEACE (BBC MINI-SERIES)

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss is universally recognized as one of the greatest novels ever written. Focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars, this classic work is retold in twenty parts in this epic BBC production, complete with award-winning design and breathtaking battle sequences.; ; Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as the soul-searching Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 had far-reaching consequences for both the Rostov and Bolkonsky families.
• Cast: Anthony Hopkins; Morag Hood; Alan Dobie; Rupert Davies; Joanna David; Faith Brook; Angela Down; Sylvester Morand; David Swift; Fiona Gaunt; Frank Middlemass; Anthony Jacobs; Neil Stacy; Anne Blake; Gary Watson; Athene Fielding; Donald Douglas; Donald Burton; Rufus Frampton; Tony Steedman; Joseph Wise; Colin Baker; Basil Henson; Josie Kidd; Patricia Shakesby; Barnaby Shaw; Michael Billington; James Appleby; Gerard Hely; Will Leighton; Alison Frazer; Richard Hurndall; Hugh Cross; John Breslin; Toby Bridge; Pat Gorman; Philip Lowrie; Edmund Bailey; Richard Poore; Harry Locke; Barbara Young; Maurice Quick; Karin MacCarthy; Roy Spencer; Peter Cartwright; John Cazabon; Hubert Cross; Geoffrey Denton; Tenniel Evans; Gordon Faith; John Lawrence; Geoffrey Morris; Judith Pollard; Edith Sharpe; Tony Caunter; Erik Chitty; Paul Gale; John Davies; Jack Pulman; Leo Tolstoy
• Director: John Davies
• Runtime: 14:50
• Company: E1 Entertainment, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Media Format: Movie