War and Peace

Year: 1956

Runtime: 208 mins

Language: English

Director: King Vidor

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Adapted from Tolstoy’s epic, the film brings the novel to life with sweeping battle scenes and intimate romance. It follows the youthful Countess Natasha Rostova and the introspective Count Pierre Bezukhov as their love unfolds amid the 1812 conflict with Napoleon’s invading forces.

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