Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
5 videodiscs (890 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet polychrome digital optical video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: 14A
Other Title:
War and peace [DVD]
Notes:
Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Originally broadcast on television in 1972-1973 Contains all 20 episodes from the BBC television mini-series Special features: Photo gallery; 44-page collectible booklet featuring production notes, episode summaries, character profiles and stunning behind-the-scenes photography Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Morag Hood, Angela Down, Sylvester Morand, Rupert Davies, Faith Brook, Joanna David, Anthony Jacobs BAFTA Awards, 1972: Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)
Contents:
Volume 1. Disc 1: Name-day ; Sounds of war ; Skirmish at Schongraben ; A letter and two proposals Disc 2: Austerlitz ; Reunions ; New beginnings ; A beautiful tale Volume 2. Disc 3: Leave of absence ; Madness ; Men of destiny ; Fortunes of war Disc 4: Borodino ; Escape ; Moscow! ; Two meetings Disc 5: Of life and death ; The retreat ; The road to life ; An epilogue
