War and Peace
The BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the background of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins directs the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a job which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA). Morag Hood is the impulsive and lovely 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 consequences for the Bolkonsky and Rostov families and Pierre. The serial was the fantasy of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident in Tolstoy's greatest publication. Scripted from Jack Pulman and headed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award winning design (1972 Greatest Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
Released: 1972-09-29