This is a lush film adaptation of Tolstoy's epic classic novel War and Peace. The story is built around three Russian families that of Natasha Rostova, Prince Andrej Bolkonsky, and Pierre Bezukov.
Pierre and Natasha are childhood friends and Andrej and Pierre are best friends. Natasha at a young age meets Prince Andrej and falls head over heels in love, of course he really doesn't know she exists...until much later. Prince Andrej is a widower with a son who in seeking the approval of his father is a very brave soldier whose only goal is to die with honor. Pierre's father on his deathbed legitimizes him, this setting him in the sights of a gold digger and her manipulative father. Unfortunately he marries the gold digger who takes shameless advantage of him and whose brother seeks revenge on Prince Andrej thru Natasha.
This is a long and convoluted tale that involves a lot of war...involving Napoleon and his troops making their way into Moscow.
So much war and suffering...that at one point my husband asked "when do we get to the peace?", but the end makes it all worth it.
This tale is ultimately about love and forgiveness.
This is a decent production with some minor complaints about a couple actors and their overacting (Malcolm MacDowell is on that list).
I would recommend this series. So far it is the best production of War and Peace that I have seen.
Pierre and Natasha are childhood friends and Andrej and Pierre are best friends. Natasha at a young age meets Prince Andrej and falls head over heels in love, of course he really doesn't know she exists...until much later. Prince Andrej is a widower with a son who in seeking the approval of his father is a very brave soldier whose only goal is to die with honor. Pierre's father on his deathbed legitimizes him, this setting him in the sights of a gold digger and her manipulative father. Unfortunately he marries the gold digger who takes shameless advantage of him and whose brother seeks revenge on Prince Andrej thru Natasha.
This is a long and convoluted tale that involves a lot of war...involving Napoleon and his troops making their way into Moscow.
So much war and suffering...that at one point my husband asked "when do we get to the peace?", but the end makes it all worth it.
This tale is ultimately about love and forgiveness.
This is a decent production with some minor complaints about a couple actors and their overacting (Malcolm MacDowell is on that list).
I would recommend this series. So far it is the best production of War and Peace that I have seen.