War and Peace
Live from the Kirov Opera in St. Petersburg
★★★★★
Russian / 249 MIN. / 1991
The Genres
The Synopsis
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. People of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. Both sides suffer tremendous losses during the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.