War and Peace
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the background of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast because Pierre Bezuhov (a task for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA). Morag Hood is the beautiful and spontaneous Natasha Rostova. Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky. And David Swift is currently Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far reaching consequences for the Rostov and Bolkonsky families and Pierre. The serial was producer David Conroy's fantasy whose principle aim was to transfer incident and the characterisation in Tolstoy's greatest publication. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies,'' Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, awardwinning design (1972 Best Style BAFTA) and magnificent battle sequences that were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
Released: 1972-09-29