The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.
Людмила Савельева
as Natasha Rostova
Сергей Бондарчук
as Pierre Bezukhov
Вячеслав Тихонов
as Andrei Bolkonsky
Виктор Станицын
as Ilya Andreyevich Rostov
Кира Головко
as Countess Rostova
Олег Табаков
as Nikolai Rostov
Сергей Ермилов
as Petya Rostov (uncredited)
Ирина Губанова
as Sonya
Анатолий Кторов
as Nikolai Andreyevich Bolkonsky
Антонина Шуранова
as Princess Mariya
Анастасия Вертинская
as Lisa Bolkonskaya
Борис Смирнов
as Prince Vasili
