TY - BOOK AU - Sergei Bondarchuk AU - Sergei Bondarchuk AU - Vasiliy Solovyov AU - Leo Tolstoy AU - Lyudmila Saveleva AU - Vyacheslav Tikhonov AU - Sergey Bondarchuk TI - Voyna i mir: War and Peace AV - PN1997 .V696 1966 PY - 1966/// CY - Soviet Union PB - Mosfilm N1 - Special features include: - Biography and Filmography of Sergei Bondarchuk - Biography of Leo Tolstoy N2 - From case cover: War and Peace is a portrait of Russia and her people, caught up in the swirling tides of history during the Napoleonic Era. Director Sergei Bondarchuk's Oscar-winner flawlessly recreates Tolstoy's epic masterpiece, capturing not only the most minute historical details, but also the emotion, essence , and atmosphere of the classic novel. Hailed as the definitive marriage between literature and film, it took five years to complete, costing over one hundred million dollars. It is estimated that a film of this magnitude would cost over one billion dollars today, making this the most expensive film ever made. ER -