War and Peace, Part I: Andrei BolkonskyIn 1805 St. Petersburg, Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against General Napoleon Bonaparte. Part one of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
DirectorSergei Bondarchuk
WritersLeo Tolstoy, Sergei Bondarchuk, Vasiliy Solovyov
Part of
Includes: War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky, War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova, War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812, War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
