War and Peace
Война и мир
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A monumental seven-hour adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's epic tracking three Russian aristocratic families through the Napoleonic invasion of 1812, featuring real armies of 120,000 Soviet soldiers and breathtaking 70mm battle panoramas at Borodino and the burning of Moscow. Sergei Bondarchuk's Oscar-winning cinematic titan.
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Sergei Bondarchuk
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