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War and Peace
File:War and peace 1956.jpgDVD cover
Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Novel: Leo Tolstoy Screenplay: Bridget Boland Robert Westerby King Vidor Mario Camerini Ennio De Concini Ivo Perilli Gian Gaspare Napolitano Mario Soldati
Produced by	Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti
Starring	Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda Mel Ferrer
Cinematography	Jack Cardiff
Edited by	Leo Cattozzo
Music by	Nino Rota
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	August 21, 1956
Running time	208 min.
Language	English/Italian
Budget	$6,000,000 (estimated)

War and Peace is the first English film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film was made by Dino de Laurentiis Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman and Anita Ekberg with Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Barry Jones, Milly Vitale, Anna Maria Ferrero, Wilfrid Lawson, May Britt, Jeremy Brett and John Mills.

It was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film and it had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis).

Cast

Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
Henry Fonda as Count Pierre Bezukhov
Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Vittorio Gassman as Anatole
Herbert Lom as Napoleon
Oscar Homolka as General Kutuzov
Anita Ekberg as Helene
Helmut Dantine as Dolokhov
Tullio Carmanati as Prince Vasili Kuragine
Barry Jones as Count Rostov
Milly Vitale as Lise
Lea Seidl as Countess Rostova
Anna-Maria Ferrero as Mary Bolkonsky
Wilfrid Lawson as Prince Bolkonsky
Mary Britt as Sonya Rostova
Jeremy Brett as Nicholas Rostov

External links

War and Peace at IMDb

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v t e Films directed by King Vidor
Hurricane in Galveston (1913) The Grand Military Parade (1913) The Lost Lie (1918) Bud's Recruit (1918) The Chocolate of the Gang (1918) Tad's Swimming Hole (1918) The Accusing Toe (1918) I'm a Man (1918) The Turn in the Road (1919) Better Times (1919) The Other Half (1919) Poor Relations (1919) The Family Honor (1920) The Jack-Knife Man (1920) The Sky Pilot (1921) Love Never Dies (1921) The Real Adventure (1922) Dusk to Dawn (1922) Conquering the Woman (1922) Peg o' My Heart (1922) The Woman of Bronze (1923) Three Wise Fools (1923) Wild Oranges (1924) Happiness (1924) Wine of Youth (1924) His Hour (1924) The Wife of the Centaur (1924) Proud Flesh (1925) The Big Parade (1925) La Bohème (1926) Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) The Crowd (1928) The Patsy (1928) Show People (1928) Hallelujah (1929) Not So Dumb (1930) Billy the Kid (1930) Street Scene (1931) The Champ (1931) Bird of Paradise (1932) Cynara (1932) The Stranger's Return (1933) Our Daily Bread (1934) The Wedding Night (1935) So Red the Rose (1935) The Texas Rangers (1936) Stella Dallas (1937) The Citadel (1938) The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes) Northwest Passage (1940) Comrade X (1940) H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) An American Romance (1944) Duel in the Sun (1946) On Our Merry Way (1948) The Fountainhead (1949) Beyond the Forest (1949) Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) Japanese War Bride (1952) Ruby Gentry (1952) Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV special, with 6 other directors) Man Without a Star (1955) War and Peace (1956) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Truth and Illusion (1964) The Metaphor (1980)

Films directed by King Vidor

Hurricane in Galveston (1913)
The Grand Military Parade (1913)
The Lost Lie (1918)
Bud's Recruit (1918)
The Chocolate of the Gang (1918)
Tad's Swimming Hole (1918)
The Accusing Toe (1918)
I'm a Man (1918)
The Turn in the Road (1919)
Better Times (1919)
The Other Half (1919)
Poor Relations (1919)
The Family Honor (1920)
The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
The Sky Pilot (1921)
Love Never Dies (1921)
The Real Adventure (1922)
Dusk to Dawn (1922)
Conquering the Woman (1922)
Peg o' My Heart (1922)
The Woman of Bronze (1923)
Three Wise Fools (1923)
Wild Oranges (1924)
Happiness (1924)
Wine of Youth (1924)
His Hour (1924)
The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
Proud Flesh (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
La Bohème (1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
The Crowd (1928)
The Patsy (1928)
Show People (1928)
Hallelujah (1929)
Not So Dumb (1930)
Billy the Kid (1930)
Street Scene (1931)
The Champ (1931)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Cynara (1932)
The Stranger's Return (1933)
Our Daily Bread (1934)
The Wedding Night (1935)
So Red the Rose (1935)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
Stella Dallas (1937)
The Citadel (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Kansas scenes)
Northwest Passage (1940)
Comrade X (1940)
H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
An American Romance (1944)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
On Our Merry Way (1948)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Japanese War Bride (1952)
Ruby Gentry (1952)
Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV special, with 6 other directors)
Man Without a Star (1955)
War and Peace (1956)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Truth and Illusion (1964)
The Metaphor (1980)

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