

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
Overview
In 1812, 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 upcoming confrontation between the armies. During the Battle of Borodino, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Bolkonsky's unit waits in the reserve, but he is hit by a shell. Both Anatol and Bolkosnky suffer severe wounds. The French Army is victorious and advances on Moscow.
Movie Details
Languages
Russian
Studio
Mosfilm
Key Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk
Director

Sergey Bondarchuk
Screenplay
Cast

Ludmila Savelyeva
Natasha Rostova

Sergey Bondarchuk
Pierre Bezukhov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Andrei Bolkonsky

Boris Zakhava
Field Marshal Kutuzov

Viktor Stanitsyn
Ilya Andreyevich Rostov

Kira Golovko
Countess Rostova

Sergei Yermilov
Petya Rostov

Irina Gubanova
Sonya

Anatoli Ktorov
Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky

Antonina Shuranova
Princess Mariya
Aleksandr Semin
Nikolushka

Irina Skobtseva
Hélène

Vasili Lanovoy
Anatol Kuragin (uncredited)

Eduard Martsevich
Drubetskoy (uncredited)

Angelina Stepanova
Anna Pavlovna Scherer (uncredited)

Boris Smirnov
Prince Vasili

Giuli Chokhonelidze
Bagration

Viktor Murganov
Tsar Alexander I

Vladislav Strzhelchik
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Herberts Zommers
Bennigsen