

Air Date
March 14, 1966
Episodes
4 episodes
War and Peace
Season 1
Overview
An epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. 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.
Episodes

1. Andrei Bolkonsky
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

2. Natasha Rostova
Natasha Rostova, a young Russian aristocrat, meets prince Andrey Bolkonskiy at a ball and immediately falls in love with him.

3. The Year 1812
The penultimate installment to Sergei Bondarchuk's titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation. It is 1812 and Napoleon's armies are crossing into Russia.

4. Pierre Bezukhov
The Final Chapter. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner.

Ludmila Savelyeva
Natasha Rostova

Sergey Bondarchuk
Pierre Bezukhov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Andrei Bolkonsky

Viktor Stanitsyn
Ilya Andreyevich Rostov

Kira Golovko
Countess Rostova

Oleg Tabakov
Nikolai Rostov

Sergei Yermilov
Petya Rostov

Irina Gubanova
Sonya

Anatoli Ktorov
Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky

Antonina Shuranova
Princess Mariya

Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Lisa Bolkonskaya

Boris Smirnov
Prince Vasili

Irina Skobtseva
Hélène

Vasili Lanovoy
Anatol Kuragin

Oleg Efremov
Dolokhov
Nikolai Tolkachyov
Count Bezukhov

Yelena Tyapkina
Akhrosimova
Klavdiya Polovikova
Drubetskaya

Eduard Martsevich
Drubetskoy

Boris Zakhava
Field Marshal Kutuzov