Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "french-invasion-of-russia"

1. War and Peace (1956)

PG | 208 min | Drama, Romance, War

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman

Votes: 10,869 | Gross: $12.50M

2. War & Peace (1972–1973)

890 min | Drama, History, War

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies

Votes: 740

3. Pan Tadeusz (1999)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one ... See full summary »

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Andrzej Seweryn

Votes: 3,718

4. Corporal vs. Napoleon (2012)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy

Lieutenant Rzhevskiy is sent by Russian generals to stop Napoleon.

Director: Marius Vaysberg | Stars: Pavel Derevyanko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Mikhail Galustyan

Votes: 1,352

5. 1812 (2012– )

Documentary, Adventure, Drama

The project is dedicated to one of the most remarkable and dramatic periods in history - the Napoleonic Wars from 1803 to 1815. They were a continuation of the wars originally sparked off ... See full summary »

Star: Konstantin Danilyuk

Votes: 71

6. Napoleon: The Russian Campaign (2015)

Not Rated | History

In 1812 Napoleon gathers the largest army of all times, of about 600.000 men from 24 controlled countries to invade Russia. 172 day later they will have to withdraw, 400.000 soldiers either killed or captured. Why dis this happen?

Stars: Alix Bénézech, Pavel Delong, Marc Duret, Miglen Mirtchev

Votes: 84

7. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France (1993)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The meteoric rise and eventual demise of one of the greatest military leaders in history, Napoleon Bonaparte, who rewrote the rules of war and changed the political landscape of Europe forever.

Stars: Brian De Toy, Nancy Fitch, Patrick L. Hatcher, Dana Lombardy

Votes: 110

8. Napoleon: The Man Who Ruled the World (2001– )
Episode: The Battle of Borodino (2001)

Documentary, Biography, History

With the Peninsular War still raging, Napoleon made a fateful decision in 1812 to invade Russia. Nothing could have prepared he and his men for what awaited them as they marched towards Moscow, nor the appalling horrors upon their retreat.

Director: Chris Gormlie | Stars: Jeremy Black, T.C.W. Blanning, Linda Butler, Keith Fredericks

9. Dates That Made History (2017–2020)
Episode: The Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812 A.D.) (2020)

TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History

The Battle of Borodino in 1812 saw Napoleon's Grande Armee invade Russia to face the Imperial Russian Army led by General Mikhail Kutuzov. 250,000 soldiers were involved in the battle that symbolized a key moment in the Napoleonic Wars.

Director: Thomas Sipp | Stars: Patrick Boucheron, Marie-Pierre Rey

Votes: 6

10. OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode: The Napoleonic Wars: Part 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 31 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy

Oversimplified explains The Napoleonic Wars in two parts.

Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster

Votes: 51

11. Napoléon (2002)
Episode: 1807-1812 (2002)

100 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich

Votes: 126

12. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Who Followed Napoleon into Russia? - The Grand Army of 1812 (2022)

14 min | Documentary, Short, History

When Napoleon marched his Grande Armée into Russia in 1812, he had assembled the biggest army in modern European history. Only half of his troops came from territories of the expanded ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander

13. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Siege of Riga - Marshal Macdonald's Northern Front During Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812 (2022)

14 min | Documentary, Short, History

In the beginning of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the Russian Tsar Alexander I was under pressure to rally his people. A months into the campaign he declared The Patriotic War to fight ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander

14. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Napoleon's Race to Smolensk - Battles of Mogilev and Vitebsk 1812 (2022)

12 min | Documentary, Short, History

The two Russian Western Armies are trying to join up to mount a defense against Napoleon's invasion of Russia. But the speed of the French advance, particularly Marshal Davout and Marshal ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander

15. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Napoleon Conquers a Heap of Ashes - Battle of Smolensk 1812 (2022)

13 min | Documentary, Short, History

Smolensk is an important symbolic city to the Russians in 1812, for Napoleon it's a strategic objective he wants to conquer to improve is deteriorating supply situation. The Battle of ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander

16. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Russian Army Saved by French Blunder - The Battle of Lubino 1812 (2022)

11 min | Documentary, Short, History

French general Junot and Emperor Napoleon I had a bit of a history by the time of the 1812 campaign. Even though Junot has been in Napoleon's service for years, he hadn't been promoted to ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander

17. Real Time History (2021– )
Episode: Setting the Stage for Borodino - The Battle of Shevardino Redoubt (2022)

11 min | Documentary, Short, History

Napoleon's advancing army had finally spotted the entire Russian Army before them, the stage was set for the deciding clash of the Russian campaign at the small village of Borodino. Before ... See full summary »

Star: Jesse Alexander