Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: VHS01706

by: King Vidor; Leo Tolstoy, graf; Audrey Hepburn; Henry Fonda; Mel Ferrer; Paramount Pictures.; et al

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher:  Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, ©1994.

Notes: Originally released in 1956. Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. 2 videocassettes 208 min. Nopminated for 5 Golden Globes and 3 Oscars in 1957.

Summary: By 1812, Napoleon’s forces controlled much of Europe. Russia, one of the few countries still unconquered, prepares to face Napoleon’s troops together with Austria. Among the Russian soldiers are Count Nicholas Rostov and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. Count Pierre Bezukhov, a friend of Andrei’s and self-styled intellectual who is not interested in fighting. Pierre’s life changes when his father dies, leaving him a vast inheritance. He is attracted to Natasha Rostov, Nicholas’s sister, but she is too young, so he gives in to baser desires and marries the shallow, manipulative Princess Helene. The marriage ends when Pierre discovers his wife’s true nature. Andrei is captured and later released by the French, and returns home only to watch his wife die in childbirth. Months later, Pierre and Andrei meet again. Andrei sees Natasha and falls in love, but his father will only permit the marriage if they postpone it for one year until Natasha turns 17…

OCLC #: 319928601

Added: March 27, 2012