War and Peace (1956 film)
- War and Peace (1956 film)
Infobox_Film
name = War and Peace
caption = DVD cover
director = King Vidor
producer = Dino De Laurentiis
Carlo Ponti
writer = 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 = Nino Rota
cinematography = Jack Cardiff
editing = Leo Cattozzo
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = August 21, 1956
runtime = 208 min.
language = English/Italian
budget = $6,000,000
imdb_id = 0049934|
"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).
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
ee also
* "War and Peace" - book by Leo Tolstoy
* "War and Peace" - 1968 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
External links
*imdb title|id=0049934|title=War and Peace
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