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War And Peace [DVD] [1968]

DVD ~ Sergei Bondarchuk
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  • Actors: Sergei Bondarchuk, Ludmilla Savalieva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Irina Skobsteva
  • Directors: Sergei Bondarchuk
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Collector's Edition, PAL
  • Language Russian
  • Subtitles: English, Dutch, Russian, German, Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, Cantonese Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Artificial Eye
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Nov 2006
  • Run Time: 403 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000H5TIAQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,393 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This 1968 adaptation of the Tolstoy tome is a lavish affair and calculating for inflation, is the most expensive film ever committed to celluloid. This classic Russian tale of love and conflict intertwines the romance between a young countess and her unhappily married lover with the grim battlefields of the 1812 Napoleonic invasion. However director Sergei Bondarchuk’s film covers a much bigger canvas and is rich in meticulous detail and emotional nuance.

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113 of 115 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bondarchuk's masterpiece still has the power to enthrall, 19 Nov 2006
By Lynette Fox (Bedfordshire, UK) - See all my reviews
I saw this film in 1969 on general release when I was a young University student. I loved it then for the way it captured the spirit of Tolstoy's novel. I have always wanted an opportunity to see it again. I was astounded when a chance Amazon search revealed the film had been restored and was being re-released in a Collector's Edition the following week. After 38 years, the make up and hair firmly place it as 1960s vintage but that aside the scale and authenticity of the scenes, the attention to detail remain unsurpassed and it does not disappoint. The casting of Natasha, and Bondarchuk himself as Bezukhov are sublime. Natasha's first Ball, the Battle of Borodino and the Moscow Fire are just a few of many wonderful scenes. The courage and confidence of the Director to organise scenes on this scale is breathtaking.
The Collector's Edition is in Russian with English subtitles and some optional dubbing in English. I found the American accents of the dubbing irritating and next time will watch it with subtitles only - the richness of the Russian language is far kinder to the ear. I have wondered whether the standard edition released now in English has better dubbing. The sound has been remastered but on occasion the quality of sound falters. One of the joys of the Collector's Edition is a large amount of wonderful archive footage about how the film was made, Tolstoy, and interviews with people who made the film. These contribute a great deal to understanding the film's place in Film History. This edition will make a great present for any lover of films of the great classics of literature, for unreformed romantics like myself or anyone with an interest in Film History. I shall always treasure my copy.

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, 16 Mar 2004
This review is from: War and Peace [DVD] [1967] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This Russian version of Tolstoys War and peace is more faithful to the novel than the 1956 Hollywood version. More than this it is also the most expensive movie ever made and every rubel shows on screen! With more than 10 000 extras and 300 speaking parts director Sergei Bondarchuk recreates every aspect of Tolstoys classic. Most noticeable are the scenes of Natashas first ball, the battle of Borodino and the burning of Moscow. Bondarchuk rendition is on such a grand scale that you actually believe that the scenes takes place before your eyes in reality. The photography is stunning -we get to follow the action through the camera which moves is such ways that you feel as you are part of the whole thing. Bondarchuks experimenting is evident throughout the picture and is by most parts a success. Some subliminal messages are distracting, but the cutting and movements of the camera is mostly fascinating. Bondarchuks influence from Abel Gance's fantastic silent "Napoléon" (1927) is evident.

War and peace is by far the greatest movie ever made, it has all the elements of a great story and is staged in such a grand scale that you are swept away. The acting are superb, ecpecially the part of Natasha Rostova and Pierre bezukhov. The latter played by Bondarchuk himself. The battlescenes are no less than magnificent, the closest any movie comes near War and Peace in this respect is "Saving private Ryan"- so you know what to expect.

I cannot stress hard enough how great this movie is, all I can say is that this is the greatest movie I have ever seen.

RUSCICO has released War and peace (distributed by Image) as a five disc box-set. The complete version is at last avaliable! Some information claims that there is another original version that is longer than this RUSCICO release. That is probably not true- and if so long lost. This release is the best there is and complete. The running time is a staggering 403 minutes! But I promise you -you won't fall asleep! The boxart is great and the digipack looks and works fine. There is no booklet but instead a fifth bonus disc with, among other things, a making of sequence from the 60:s. The picture quality is not the greatest. This is due to the loss of the original negatives. This taken into account the picture is, by all means not great, but more than fair. It is presented in anamorphic widescreen. The full picture is presented in other words. The original audio is bumped to a "million dollar sounding" 5.1. This is the best 5.1 I have heard on such an old recording. It really sounds great. You also have other sound options than the original (but 5.1) russian but the original is the one to choose. You have almost every european language represented as subtitles! I myself saw this with swedish subs and they worked very fine!

Conclusion: War and peace is the greatest movie ever made. It is presented in a great DVD-box. Why not buy it?

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WAR AND PEACE, 25 Nov 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: War And Peace [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
This is perfection in the world of cinema, Hollywood tried
to do a remake of it years ago but all they made of it was a
glorious load of not worth passing comment on, it will do for
the north american cinema goers. Thank-you Mr Bondarchuk for
making this sumptious feast for the eye. The costumes are
superb, the battle scenes are stunning, the cinematography is
breathtaking, everything about this wonderful film cannot be
put onto paper you have to see it to see how good the film
maker's art can and should be.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Battles
Made in the 1960s, this has spectacular battles and set pieces. The production values and editing are great and the perfomances are very moving. Read more
Published 14 days ago by N. Cooper

2.0 out of 5 stars POOR QUALITY
THE PRINT OF WAR AND PEACE WAS VERY POOR AND IN PARTS GRAINY AND FEINT. THE SOUND WAS ACCEPTABLE BUT THE VIEWING EXPERIENCE WAS BAD AND I GAVE UP WATCHING AFTER HALF AN HOUR.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. J. W. Lillie

4.0 out of 5 stars Is it complete?
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5.0 out of 5 stars epic extra-ordinaire and essential cinema
ethereal adaptation of both an esoteric and literary creation and exceeds that achievement is many perspectives . Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Crushingly dull
Some stories seem to have the power to confer the aura of greatness on every attempt to tell them .. the Arthurian myth is one, and War and Peace seems to be another. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Bad dubbing
I only watched part of this set of DVDs and found the picture quality very gloomy. However, the main reason I didn't continue was the uninspiring quality of the dubbing. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2008 by Bluebell

1.0 out of 5 stars From VHS to DVD - A Disappointing Copy
Although a wonderful movie this is a disappointing copy. I received mind a couple of days ago and it is not the widescreen edition that one reviewer wrote of. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2007 by Caius Petronus

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the greatest film of all time
In 1965 Sergei Bondachucks directed one of the greatest novles of all time
Leo Tolstoys "War and Peace" and over 40 years later it is on DVD in its original widescreen and... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2007 by T. Jarvis

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the greatest film of all time
In 1965 Sergei Bondachucks directed one of the greatest novles of all time
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3.0 out of 5 stars A tantalising insight into the great book
Wildly ambitious, this 6 1/2 hour film can be frustrating for anyone who's read the book and knows how much has, inevitably, been left out. Read more
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