War and Peace (1968)

War and Peace (1968) is an eight-hour epic film based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. (imdb)
AKA: Voyna i mir
Country: Soviet Union
Directed By: Sergei Bondarchuk
Written By: Sergei Bondarchuk, Leo Tolstoy, Vasili Solovyov
Starring: Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova, Antonina Shuranova

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War and Peace belongs to 35 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 154 stars)
2. Oscar: Best Foreign Film (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 36 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (public: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (public: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
7. List: Empire's five star movies (public: moderated by KasperL - 20 stars)
8. Based on a Book (public: moderated by iconogassed - 19 stars)
9. Over 3 Hours Long (public: moderated by djross - 18 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (public: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
11. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
12. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 14 stars)
13. Alternate versions / cuts (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
14. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
15. Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Narrative Films (public: moderated by dardan - 9 stars)
16. Best Foreign Film Oscar Nominees (public: moderated by snallygaster - 8 stars)
17. Epic (public - 6 stars)
18. Best of criticker: War (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
19. Empire's 100 Best Russian Movies (public: moderated by never1and - 4 stars)
20. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
21. Films divided into chapters (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
22. Cinemascope (public - 3 stars)
23. Really Really Long: 5+ Hours (public: moderated by Dorkovsky - 3 stars)
24. Adaptations from Classic Literature made into Movies (public: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 3 stars)
25. Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Film Adaptations (public: moderated by CCLZA - 2 stars)
26. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1969 (public - 1 star)
27. Russian/Soviet submissions for the Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film) (public: moderated by xmoffx)
28. Next Up (public: moderated by davidysteph)
29. Essential films not available in HD (public: moderated by edkrak)
30. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
31. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (private: PepeCamello - 2 stars)
32. Favorites: Essential viewing (private: KasperL)
33. Home (private: moretso)
34. Movies I Own (private: Farzan)
35. ForeignOscar++ (private: jormungand)
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Jun 19, 2020 | LordKubrick | 83 42% |
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Adam P-D | 30 25% |
After 90 minutes I realised I was only interested in the technical side of the film. The story and characters on the other hand, I could not have cared less. It might have got better but I gave up. Life's too short.
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Jun 13, 2020 | D Lightman | 77 90% |
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normatic | 70 62% |
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skap | 40 14% |
An achievement in cinematography and art direction, but totally anemic in direction and dramaturgy. I can't believe there are people who have been actually engrossed by it. There must be some kind of special niche audience that drool over epic battle scenes.
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Jan 07, 2018 | vilgefortz | 100 92% |
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Extreme in all meanings of the word.
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The length isn't the issue, it's that there's no real tension or strong central performance to keep you from being overwhelmed by the repetitive ball/battle/family scenes. They're animated and there's an epic sweep to the whole thing but I didn't really care about anyone.
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Oct 23, 2012 | Ronin21 | 94 99% |
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May 21, 2012 | ColonelTigh | 94 73% |
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Mind effectively blown [all over again]. The caliber of Bondarchuk's spectacle we shall probably never see again. It's one of the most expensive productions of all time - and, boy, does it show. 7 hours worth of epicness (from the dancehall parties onto the battlefield), all of which breeze by. Stupendous and larger-than-life in every way.
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Some of the more intimate moments of this mammoth film feel logy and conventional, but when it embraces its epic scope (especially in Parts 3 and 4), it's often amazing. The acting is consistently fine, but it's Anatoli Petritsky's breathtaking cinematography, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov's beautiful music, the sweeping battles, irreproachable period recreation, and Sergei Bondarchuk's valiant direction that cement themselves in one's memory. A surprisingly brisk seven hours of entertainment.
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A big book needs a big movie, and this is the epic to end all epics. Bondarchuk does a terrific job with just about every aspect of it, keeping it compelling for most of the entire length of the picture. It's poetic, moving, beautiful and horrifying. Some of the most intricate battle scenes I've ever seen. Glorious music. The acting is first-rate. Despite the epic sweep and gigantic cast, the story stays focused primarily on three characters, which keeps things from ever getting too confusing.
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empiremag | 5 93% |
"Sergei Bondarchuk epic and unsurpassed adaptation of the great novel is a must for anyone interested in cinema or literature."
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Now here's an epic for you. The Commie didn't always get their films right, but this movie is never boring despite being eight hours long. Well worth seeing
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