War & Peace

Overview

The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Pierre Bezukhov

Morag Hood

Natasha Rostova

Alan Dobie

Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky

Joanna David

Sonya

Rupert Davies

Count Ilya Rostov

David Swift

Napoleon Bonaparte

Faith Brook

Countess Rostova

Fiona Gaunt

Hélène Kuragina

Sylvester Morand

Nikolai Rostov

Angela Down

Princess Maria Bolkonskya