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This article is about the 1972 television series. For other uses, see War and Peace (disambiguation).

War and Peace
War and Peace TV mini series DVD cover
DVD cover
GenreEpic
Created byDavid Conroy
Based onWar and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
StarringAnthony Hopkins
Alan Dobie
Morag Hood
Angela Down
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
Production locationsUK, Yugoslavia
Running time15 hours
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release30 September 1972 –
8 February 1973

War and Peace is a television dramatisation of the Leo Tolstoy novel of War and Peace. This 20 episode series began on 28 September 1972.

The 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 Bezukhov, Morag Hood is Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie is Andrei Bolkonsky and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for each of them and their families.

The twenty-part serial was produced by David Conroy and directed by John Davies. Conroy's aim was to transfer the characters and plot from Tolstoy's novel to television drama to run for a duration of 15 hours. Scripted by Jack Pulman, this version of War and Peace contained battle sequences, which were filmed in Yugoslavia. The production designer Don Homfray won a BAFTA for his work on the series.[1]

Cast

DVD release

The series was released in a Region 2 4-DVD boxset by DD Home Entertainment in 2005. The set is accompanied by an illustrated booklet, written by Andy Priestner, which provides a detailed account of how the series was made.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gill Ducker Other Lives: Don Homfray, The Guardian, 23 March 2012
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