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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Written by | Novel: Leo Tolstoy Screenplay: Bridget Boland Robert Westerby King Vidor Mario Camerini Ennio De Concini Ivo Perilli Gian Gaspare Napolitano Mario Soldati |
| Starring | Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda Mel Ferrer |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editing by | Leo Cattozzo |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1956 |
| Running time | 208 min. King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Carlo Ponti ( 11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian Film producer with over 140 production credits Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded Robert Westerby born 3 July 1909 in England died 16 November 1968 in California USA, was an author of novels (published by Arthur Barker of King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Mario Camerini ( Rome, February 6 1895 &ndash Gardone Riviera, February 4 1981) was an Italian film director Ennio De Concini (born 9 December 1923) is an Italian former prolific screenwriter and film director winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the "Best Mario Soldati ( November 11 1906 - June 19 1999) was an Italian Writer, Film director. Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Mel Ferrer ( August 25 1917 – June 2 2008) was an American Actor, Film director and Film producer Nino Rota ( December 3, 1911 &ndash April 10, 1979) was an Italian Composer best known for his work on Film scores Jack Cardiff OBE, BSC (born 18 September 1914) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer, director Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Language | English/Italian |
| Budget | $6,000,000 (estimated) |
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War and Peace is the first English film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. War and Peace (Война и мир Voyna i mir) is a Novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Carlo Ponti ( 11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian Film producer with over 140 production credits The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Nino Rota ( December 3, 1911 &ndash April 10, 1979) was an Italian Composer best known for his work on Film scores Jack Cardiff OBE, BSC (born 18 September 1914) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer, director The film was made by Dino de Laurentiis Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.
The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman and Anita Ekberg with Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Barry Jones, Milly Vitale, Anna Maria Ferrero, Wilfrid Lawson, May Britt, Jeremy Brett and John Mills. Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Mel Ferrer ( August 25 1917 – June 2 2008) was an American Actor, Film director and Film producer Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born on September 29 1931 is a Swedish model, actress and cult Sex symbol. Herbert Lom IPA {{IPA|ɦɛrbɛrd lom}} (b 11 September 1917) is a Czech British international Film actor Oskar Homolka ( August 12, 1898 &ndash January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre Actor. Helmut Dantine ( October 7, 1917 &ndash May 2, 1982) was a film actor remembered for playing many Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s Tullio Carminati (1894-1971 was an actor most famous for roles in The Cardinal, One Night of Love, and El Cid. Barry Jones may refer to the following Barry Jones Baron Jones (born 1937 British politician Barry Jones (Australian politician (born Camilla "Milly" Vitale (b May 6 1932, Rome &ndash d November 2 2006) daughter of conductor Riccardo Vitale and choreographer Wilfrid Lawson (born January 14, 1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, died October 10, 1966, in London For the late Swedish actress see Maj-Britt Nilsson. May Britt (born March 22 Circa 1933, Jeremy Brett (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995 born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English Actor famous among other things for his Sir John Mills CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 1908 &ndash 23 April 2005) was an English
It was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film and it had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis). The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Jack Cardiff OBE, BSC (born 18 September 1914) is an Academy Award -winning British Cinematographer, director
Cast
- Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova
- Henry Fonda as Count Pierre Bezukhov
- Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
- Vittorio Gassman as Anatole Kuragine
- Herbert Lom as Napoleon
- Oscar Homolka as General Kutuzov
- Anita Ekberg as Helene
- Helmut Dantine as Dolokhov
- Tullio Carmanati as Prince Vasili Kuragine
- Barry Jones as Count Rostov
- Milly Vitale as Lise
- Lea Seidl as Countess Rostova
- Anna-Maria Ferrero as Mary Bolkonskya
- Wilfrid Lawson as Prince Bolkonsky
- Mary Britt as Sonya Rostova
- Jeremy Brett as Nicholas Rostov
See also
- War and Peace - book by Leo Tolstoy
- War and Peace - 1968 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk