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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
John Mills
As Platon Karataev
Herbert Lom
As Napoleon
Vittorio Gassman
As Anatol Kuragin
Mel Ferrer
As Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Anita Ekberg
As Helene Kuragina

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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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War and Peace is currently unavailable to stream in Ireland on the streaming services we have in our catalogue

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as War and Peace include Spartacus, Viva Zapata!, Exodus, Alexander the Great, Bitter Victory, The Human Condition Part 2: Road to Eternity.

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War and Peace was released in theaters on August 2, 1957.