War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965) on Netflix
In 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, a nobleman's illegitimate son, is brought into St. Petersburg society. His friend Prince Andrei Bolkonsky becomes aide-de-camp to Mikhail Kutuzov and goes off to war.
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Plot summary
Napoleon's dealings with Russia and his 1812 invasion form the backdrop to the tangled private lives of five noble Russian families. In St. Petersburg in 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate child of a wealthy nobleman, is received by society, and his friend Prince Andrei Bolkonsky takes a post as aide-de-camp to General Mikhail Kutuzov, going off to the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1965)
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- The film took seven years to produce and cost more than half a billion kronor at the time, making it one of the most expensive films made; it used 120,000 soldiers in the mass scenes of the Battle of Borodino.
- In several countries, the film was cut by more than an hour and released as a two-part version; in Sweden it appeared under the titles Krig och fred and Krig och fred del 2.
