About
War and Peace is a 2007 television miniseries broadcast in Belgium and in France in four episodes during October and November 2007. An international co-production of France, Italy and Russia, the ensemble cast are of various nationalities. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Cast
Alexander Beyer
as Pierre Bezukhov
Clémence Poésy
as Natascha Rostova
Alessio Boni
as Andrej Bolkonski
Malcolm McDowell
as Prince Bolkonski
Valentina Cervi
as Maria Bolkonskaya
Brenda Blethyn
as Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
Hannelore Elsner
as Countess Rostova
Dmitriy Isaev
as Nikolai Rostov
Toni Bertorelli
as Vasily Kuragin
Vladimir Ilin
as Kutuzov
Andrea Giordana
as Comte Rostov
Scali Delpeyrat
as Napoleon
Hary Prinz
as Denisov
Elodie Frenck
as Lise
Frédéric Gorny
as Ramballe
Ken Duken
as Anatole Kuragin
Pilar Abella
as Mademoiselle Bourienne
Violante Placido
as Helene
Benjamin Sadler
as Dolokhov
Ana Caterina Morariu
as Sonja
Episodes
Miniseries
Part 1
In 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, 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 General Napoleon Bonaparte.
Part 2
As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father demands they wait, the prince travels abroad, leaving Natasha in desperate longing. But she meets Anatol Kuragin and forgets Andrei.
Part 3
In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery.
Part 4
As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he's marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party.
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