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Sergei Bondarchuks version of War and Peace is a film like no other, made at the height of the Soviet film industry with the full backing of the USSR. This Goliath of a film was made to show the world that the Soviets could make a film on par, if not better than anything the west could hope to produce.
Chapters-
0:00 Introduction
1:17 Stalin and the death of Soviet cinema
2:22 Khrushchev and the revival of Soviet cinema
3:16 1956 War and Peace
4:42 Origins of the production
5:57 How Sergei Bondarchuk came to direct War and Peace
8:06 Writing the script
10:56 Props
13:17 Costumes
15:31 Casting
18:05 Extras
19:00 Makeup
19:31 Locations
23:59 Battle of Borodino and other battle sequences
27:38 Soviet Red Army Extras
30:35 Budget
31:23 Complications when filming
34:28 Conclusion
Footage used from:
War and Peace (1966)
• Joseph Stalin (Documen...
• Stalin in colour, footage
The Fall of Berlin (1950)
• Khrushchev's U.N. Outb...
• Kruschev at the United...
Les Sovietiques (18th November, 1968)
• Khrushchev Does Americ...
• Video
War and Peace (1956)
• Soviet Congress Critic...
Woina I Mir (1966)
Making War and Peace (1969)
Fate of a Man (1959)
• "War and Peace" Wins F...
Additional information used from:
Woina I Mir (1966)
Making War and Peace (1969)
Les Sovietiques (1968)
Interview with Anatoliy Petritsky (2019)
Interview with Fedor Bondarchuk (2019)
Cold War Classic (2019)
Essay on War and Peace by Ella Taylor
Catalogue of when films were released in the USSR (Russian) www.kino-teatr.ru/box/history...
Interview on War and Peace (Russian) www.mk.ru/culture/2011/09/20/...
Music used in order of appearance:
Symphony No.38 in D Major
Soviet March Reprise - Red Alert 3 Soundtrack
Propaganda Tune - Metro 2033 Soundtrack
Russian Dance
1812 Overture
1812 Overture - Short version