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War & Peace

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20162016
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 6h 20m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Lily James in War & Peace (2016)
Trailer for the 2016 War and Peace mini-series.
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As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
24K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,104
35
  • Stars
    • Paul Dano
    • James Norton
    • Lily James
  • Stars
    • Paul Dano
    • James Norton
    • Lily James
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    • 96User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

    Episodes6

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    2016

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    Gillian Anderson and Paul Dano in War & Peace (2016)
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    Lily James in War & Peace (2016)
    Lily James in War & Peace (2016)
    Paul Dano in War & Peace (2016)
    Gillian Anderson and Paul Dano in War & Peace (2016)
    Gillian Anderson, Greta Scacchi, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Tom Burke, Paul Dano, Adrian Edmondson, Aisling Loftus, Jessie Buckley, Tuppence Middleton, James Norton, Jack Lowden, Lily James, and Callum Turner in War & Peace (2016)
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    Paul Dano
    Paul Dano
    • Pierre Bezukhov
    James Norton
    James Norton
    • Andrei Bolkonsky
    Lily James
    Lily James
    • Natasha Rostova
    Adrian Edmondson
    Adrian Edmondson
    • Count Ilya Rostov
    Aisling Loftus
    Aisling Loftus
    • Sonya Rostova
    Greta Scacchi
    Greta Scacchi
    • Countess Natalya Rostova
    Jack Lowden
    Jack Lowden
    • Nikolai Rostov
    Tuppence Middleton
    Tuppence Middleton
    • Helene Bezukhova…
    Aneurin Barnard
    Aneurin Barnard
    • Boris Drubetskoy
    Jessie Buckley
    Jessie Buckley
    • Marya Bolkonskaya
    Olivia Ross
    Olivia Ross
    • Mademoiselle Bourienne
    Tom Burke
    Tom Burke
    • Fedya Dolokhov
    Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent
    • Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky
    Callum Turner
    Callum Turner
    • Anatole Kuragin
    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Anna Mikhailovna Drubetskaya
    Stephen Rea
    Stephen Rea
    • Prince Vassily Kuragin
    Mathieu Kassovitz
    Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Napoleon Bonaparte
    Matthew Stagg
    • Nikolushka
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    • Trivia
      The soundtrack is recorded in a collaboration with choir "Latvia" and Latvian Radio.
    • Goofs
      Uniforms in the Russian army changed three times during the period covered in the movie, but there is only one shown in the series.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Pierre Bezukhov: [voice-over] They say sufferings are misfortunes. But if I was asked, would I stay as I was before I was taken prisoner, or go through it all again? I would say for God's sake, let me be a prisoner again.

      Pierre Bezukhov: Come, let's sit and eat and give thanks for our good fortune.

      Pierre Bezukhov: [voice-over continued] When our lives are knocked off course, we imagine everything in them is lost. But it is only the start of something new and good. As long as there is life, there is happiness. There is a great deal... a great deal still to come.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #21.5 (2016)

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    9/10
    Excellent adaptation of Tolstoy (if not readers' misconceptions); ignore the haters
    The poor reviews that I've seen seem to betray either delusion or a complete misunderstanding of the book. This is an excellent adaptation.

    War and Peace is a story of mortals, fallible, corrupt, and yet full of love and hope. Some of the reviewers seem to have gotten in their head that Prince Andrey or Natasha should be like gods and goddesses when Tolstoy could not have intended anything farther from that. Tolstoy meant for us to see how the lives of admirable men and women are yet filled with foolishness. We are meant to see that in the end, the foolishness shouldn't matter.

    Others seem to be aghast that there's infidelity, violence, and dishonesty. My God, I can only imagine that these reviewers would be better off watching Barney and Friends. This adaptation captures brilliantly Tolstoy's view of how terrible the course of human interaction can run, and yet there is something magical to life.

    As far as the casting goes, I personally thought Sonya was a little too plain, Princess Marya a little too attractive, and Pierre rather too skinny, but these physical quibbles are nitpicky. Each performance seems true to Tolstoy's characterizations, if not the idealizations people have conjured in their minds. In my view, Denisov, though a minor character, is particularly brought to life. The old Prince Bolkonsky also is terrific.

    Finally, I am no expert on 19th century Russian aristocratic dress or interior design, but frankly I saw nothing particularly out of place. I would be quite surprised if any of the reviewers who took issue with the costumes or the decorations were far more knowledgeable.
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    • I need the names of all the music and artists. Especially interested in the deep voices in the choir, coming more in episodes 7 and 8.

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      • January 18, 2016 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • BBC One (United Kingdom)
      • Lifetime (United States)
      • English
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      • Lithuania
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      • BBC Cymru Wales
      • BBC Worldwide
      • Lookout Point
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    • 6 hours 20 minutes
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