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| War and Peace [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![War and Peace [1956] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JB5VSA14L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: King Vidor
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
Buy New: £3.84
New (19) from £3.84
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 19424
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Running Time: 208 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: PARD056264D
UPC: 097360562644
EAN: 0097360562644
ASIN: B00006JU7S
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1956
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Hepburn is always wonderful November 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I guess I am a purist when it comes to the classics. I like the movie script to follow the original work which I am sorry to say this movie does not. From the first scene in the movie, it is almost like they took extracts from all of the book's events and rearranged the entire timeline. Some of the scenes never happened, others did not happen as they were portrayed, there are many lines in the movie which never were uttered by any of Tolstoy's characters and to me the choices of actors for some of the roles were very misguided. Who in their right mind would choose Henry Fonda as Pierre. Pierre was described all through Tolstoy's epic as being fat, slovenly, very large, etc., wide of girth. Though Henry Fonda was a very fine actor, they seemed to have missed their mark. There were many such misses.
Of course, the scenery and the action shots are also very dated. But if the script had followed Tolstoy's work, I would have been happy; but it did not.
The only saving grace was of course Audrey Hepburn who to me was a perfect Natasha. I wish that they had had a younger actress playing the younger Natasha who plays with dolls but they only used Miss Hepburn for the entire sequence of events.
Ms. Hepburn was wonderful in this role, beautiful and so full of life. I think that she and Mel Ferrer were the two (2) saving graces of this film.
I think as a true depiction and adaptation of Tolstoy's masterpiece this movie production failed. But as an entertaining and whimsical portrayal of extracts of this fine book and as pure entertainment with some very fine actors even if it was sadly a broad detour from the book itself, I would give it three stars for the efforts of Ferrer and Hepburn alone.
Be forewarned if you are counting on an accurate depiction of the book.
Bentley/2007
 Don't Touch with a Barge Pole! July 24, 2004
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
One star is one star too many.
The quality of the video I was sent was so appalling I threw it away.
First off it looked and sounded like something filmed from the back seat of a cinema.
The sound was appalling, as though coming up from a sunken submarine, WW2 variety!
Every so often the picture broke up, and the sound went completely kaput.
A complete waste of money.
Avoid!
 Good film August 9, 2002
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
As with all film adaptations they do tend to pale in comparison to their book conterparts and this is exactly what happens with King Vidors version of war and peace. A brave adaptation in that it does address the major points of the novel, however you can't help but think that the film was squeezed into the three hour timeslot. Saying that the movie is probably the closest one film could ever come to achieving the brilliance of Tolstoy. In short a good film but one that holds nothing to the book.
Great movie!! November 23, 2000
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
All the cast are wonderful especially Herbert Lom as Napoleon. The only thing that lets this film down is the running time, too long. I recommend this movie simply for the great acting, great cast and the great scenery, it's a great film all round.
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