War and Peace

Napoleon s tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families. War and Peace is a 1956 English-language Drama Romance motion picture featuring Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka and Maria Zanoli. The movie is based on War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Dino De Laurentiis. War and Peace is written by Leo Tolstoy, Bridget Boland, Robert Westerby, King Vidor, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Ivo Perilli, Gian Gaspare Napolitano and Mario Soldati and it is directed by King Vidor. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. War and Peace was released on 21st August 1956 and takes a screen time of 208 minutes. War and Peace was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $6 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, King Vidor and Robert Westerby. Cinematography was done by Jack Cardiff and editing by Leo Cattozzo. The music was composed by Nino Rota.
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