War and Peace (1956)
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could out do Hollywood with a production that would dazzle theworld: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tomein which the fates of three souls - the blundering, good-hearted Pierre;the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha - collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars.
