War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Voyna i mir
Date: January 01, 1966 to December 31, 1966
Dates Note: 1966
Country of Origin:
USSR
Place of Origin: USSR
Languages:
Russian
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French
Color: Color
Silent: No
Based On: The novel by Leo Tolstoy
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Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2019Description:
In Part III of War and Peace, the emphasis is on the war: it is 1812 and Napoleon’s armies are crossing into Russia. Nobles discuss politics at their opulent tables as violence rages elsewhere. Pierre visits the battlefield as a casual observer and finds himself in the midst of chaos, while Andrei rediscovers his love of life through yet another brush with death. Bondarchuk moves between the carnage on the ground and the abstract view of battle from the air, taking in the vast geometry of troop formations and the corpse-strewn landscapes they leave behind.
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