War and Peace (USSR)

Russian writer, director and actor Sergey Bondarchuk delivered the definitive adaptation of the monumental novel by Leo Tolstoy with this dazzling masterpiece. The lives of three aristocrats are explored during peace and war where they experience love, friendship, loyalty, sacrifice, loss and tragedy. Bondarchuk created the greatest of all epics that can take on any epic ever produced by Hollywood in its magnificent scope that has to be seen to believed. The sheer grandeur of this epic film is jaw-dropping and a deserving film for one of the greatest novels ever written. Bondarchuk captured the essence of the novel from the epic canvas of war to the intimate details of its characters caught by the wind of war. Besides writing and directing, Bondarchuk also stars as one of the leads along with Lyudmila Saveleva and Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Bondarchuk and his stellar cast and crew made one of the greatest films ever made that will be never equalled or surpassed and a must see for the lovers of cinema. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.