War and Peace (Criterion Collection)

Kira Ivanova-Golovko, Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva. Russia and her people during the Napoleonic wars are eternally etched in Tolstoy’s brilliant novel War and Peace and many times over on screen. Filmed entirely in Russia, this epic version took more than five years of active production and 120,000 extras to complete. This new 2K digital restoration includes interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of Sergei Bondarchuk, two 1966 "making-of" documentaries, an essay by critic Ella Taylor and more. Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. 2 Blu-ray Discs. In Russian with English subtitles. 1966/color/7 hrs, 2 min/NR/widescreen.