War and Peace (1956 film)
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| War and Peace | |
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Written by | Novel: Leo Tolstoy Screenplay: Bridget Boland Robert Westerby King Vidor Mario Camerini Ennio De Concini Ivo Perilli Gian Gaspare Napolitano Mario Soldati |
| Starring | Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda Mel Ferrer |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editing by | Leo Cattozzo |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1956 |
| Running time | 208 min. |
| Language | English/Italian |
| Budget | $6,000,000 (estimated) |
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War and Peace is the first English film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film was made by Dino de Laurentiis Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman and Anita Ekberg with Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Barry Jones, Milly Vitale, Anna Maria Ferrero, Wilfrid Lawson, May Britt, Jeremy Brett and John Mills.
It was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film and it had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis).
[edit] Cast
- Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
- Henry Fonda as Count Pierre Bezukhov
- Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- Vittorio Gassman as Anatole Kuragine
- Herbert Lom as Napoleon
- Oscar Homolka as General Kutuzov
- Anita Ekberg as Helene
- Helmut Dantine as Dolokhov
- Tullio Carmanati as Prince Vasili Kuragine
- Barry Jones as Count Rostov
- Milly Vitale as Lise
- Lea Seidl as Countess Rostova
- Anna-Maria Ferrero as Mary Bolkonskya
- Wilfrid Lawson as Prince Bolkonsky
- Mary Britt as Sonya Rostova
- Jeremy Brett as Nicholas Rostov
[edit] See also
- War and Peace - book by Leo Tolstoy
- War and Peace - 1968 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
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