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War & Peace
Season 1
Episode 4
Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is a story of passion, romance, scandal, and deceit surrounding the rising and falling fortunes of five aristocratic families; the Bezukhovs, Bolkonskys, Drubetskoys, Kuragins and Rostovs; in the waning days of imperial Russia.
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[@Alex-kr1eg]

How can it be so British and yet so Russian simultaneously... So many deep and thoughtful moments...

[@kell6702]

I think british are so diferent to russian, I think Natasha looks like a russian and acts like a russian girl a bit. But the other people not much.

[@Soundofmusic777]

Whee do you see anything Russian??... These are British people out and out.

[@user-du6oz7lo4s]

@@Soundofmusic777 что вы имеете в виду? Россия за сто лет потеряла миллионы лучших русских.... Но новые ростки поднимаются,их не все замечают....

[@Soundofmusic777]

@@user-du6oz7lo4s О чём Вы?... Причём тут русские? Я говорю о британских актёрах.

[@user-du6oz7lo4s]

@@Soundofmusic777 речь изначально,шла о том,что англичанам удалось передать русский дух,при всей их английскости.... Мы часто говорим о том,что " им" не передать русской души,но нам и самим плохо понятна душа наших прапрадедов,которые жили до гибели Империи....... Я люблю,когда англичане ставят нашу классику- они понимают толк в аристократии,монархии,роскоши....

[@gabbykingmusic]

Paul Dano is the most versatile actor I've seen.

[@gabbykingmusic]

i see youve never seen a personal opinion

[@christianealshut1123]

@@Cavstic Well, you should watch Dano and Day-Lewis in There will be Blood and I think Dano is more than able to hold his own opposite Day-Lewis - there is a rumor that may or may not be true, that the actor who previously had Dano's role in TWBB was terrified of Day-Lewis in character and quit for that reason. (That says a lot about DDL, but also a lot about Dano.) I loved TWBB mainly because it was a duel between these two characters (both of whom are FAR from being admirable people, it's just impossible to take sides) and, by extension, between these two actors. It's actually quite similar to F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce in Amadeus - but also on a whole different level.

[@jorgefernandez8728]

My favourite character of the show by far thanks among other things of his acting

[@tobylawson8987]

This production is simply one of the most special things I’ve ever seen, and the sentiment at the end is so deeply true - true enough and beautiful enough to keep you going.

[@Matt_McGlone]

This production was beautiful. Truly. A really special series. Paul Dano ALSO knocks our accent out the park. One of the only times I’ve heard an American actor do it without it being obvious or parodied. God I loved this adaptation

[@joejohnson8789]

Honestly thought Paul Dano was English until I saw him doing press for Batman

[@Arkanz223]

This scene saved my life. Twice.

[@romybank]

Same🦋

[@Indomitable_Alykat]

"Will you read this so we can argue about it?" Oh how I love Pierre 🤣

[@thicketwings05]

Such a gorgeously shot ending. I remember weeping when it was aired.

[@MasumthedEcent]

I feel so sad for Andrei 😥

[@merrybrandybuck9]

I'm happy they chose an actor to play older Nikolushka who looks exactly like James Norton!

[@shelleycowan8678]

Fantastic drama... loved Paul Dano in this, brilliant actor, his english accent was superb!!

[@dotnb]

Agreed!

[@kimwexler9393]

This book changed and improved my life, in the severist of terms.

[@isabelalzateestrada]

In what way?

[@k-studio8112]

@@isabelalzateestrada he joined the Free Masons

[@myg2257]

How Long did it take u to read it

[@juliamay2156]

The book is just wonderful!!!!

[@juliamay2156]

I am 9 and am reading it with my dad, I read four chapters by myself during homeschooling and he reads them by himself and then later we discuss it. I love the incredible symbolism of the oak tree and how incredibly powerful Tolstoy’s writing is.

[@BR3666]

I felt so sorry for Sonya in this scene. She didn't deserve this 😢

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

@starkiller871 Долохов тот еще урод на кой он ей?

[@barbiquearea]

After she and Nikolai ended things I was expecting she would end up with Dolokhov who had proposed to her once before.

[@AL73250]

@@barbiquearea honestly Dolochov doesnt deserve her

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@barbiquearea agree!! Sonya is so beautiful and has such a good heart, she deserved to be loved and appreciated

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@AL73250 then who? It's so awful if Sonya spends the rest of her life alone without someone who loves her

[@noorkhalid5560]

I wish they had gone with the ending scene from the book. How little Nikolay aspires to make his father proud. NEVER👏FORGET👏ANDREY👏😭

[@Stella-zz3bx]

The end break me 😢😭 it’s simply, more powerful and beautiful... this serie change my life and the vision they have of the life. Pierre, my god her last words, it’s really true ! ❤️

[@junh4807]

They should have included Pierre's talk (proposal) with Natasha before this scene in the clip. It was wonderful.

[@bastognegirl]

Such a beautiful ending

[@grizzfan08]

+bastognegirl The BBC did a great job.

[@aragorniielessar1894]

Yes its a beautiful ending, but its nothing like the book ending and that is a problem in my opinion.

[@ShidaiTaino]

+Feologild it's never like the book.

[@myg2257]

Wonderful words I will probably listen to again ,well done to Leo Tolstoy ,Paul dano ,and the bbc

[@Mel-cz3sc]

It's so awful that Sonya had to end up living with Nikolai and Marya..cuz i bet she would've never stopped loving Nikolai and that must have really hurt seeing them happy together

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

Read the 1st epilogue, and yep, you did see that in her! Also, she is what, an orphan? Her main aspiration is to be part of a family, though she never gives an indication she wants to create one. And of family, there is obviously no want in the Rostov/Bolkonsky household - the old countess to wait for, the nephew, children, both sides with branches of the family visiting for weeks, 100 guests staying for two days four times a year (the hosts birthdays and name days). And in that context, remember the Rostov's departure from Moskau, or Natasha going astray with Kuragin, Sonya is a sober administrator by nature, so this should actually quite become her.

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 yes, sonya could have met someone and marry

[@sitting_nut]

read a mid 19 century english novel if you want to see someone like sonya as heroine with a happy ending . almost all of them have such. and why such novels' main romance plot is boring.

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@sitting_nut well, maybe those authors wanted a happy ending because that's just beautiful?????

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@sitting_nut it's boring because they achieve happiness??? How is that boring? Like, do they need to suffer and be hurt in order to not be boring?? That's so sick

[@user-ky5kl9eb4f]

Я русская и читала роман в оригинале. Эта экранизация прекрасна, я очень ее люблю. Эта сцена - моя любимая. Спасибо, дорогие британцы, за этот прекрасный фильм! Вы огромные молодцы!

[@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast]

This is how Game of Thrones should have ended.

[@michellemckinney6894]

I adored this series. Was bored post pandemic and actually purchased this series on a whim. I tend to love period and historical dramas. It was slow at first and by second episode I was completely hooked. Sobbed after Andrei died. Eyes watering when Marya tells Nickolei how long she’s waited for him. And exhaled at the end. Loved how nothing was neatly tied up into a bow with a happy Pollyanna type ending. This was more realistic. How life can be rough. But we choose to shine through the darkest of times. A complete triumph!

[@user-pp3vh4ol1n]

Wonderful screen version and an amazing ending. The actors are young as they should be according to the novel.

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Henry Fonda as Pierre was far too old for the part.

[@juliemax7836]

Just epic, can't watch without tears. The Brits produce the Russian's soul with such passion and love in this masterpiece, I thought the translated movie is truly Russian until i watched the titles in the end of an episode!

[@user-ky5kl9eb4f]

Это так.

[@fleurpeffer5212]

It is wonderful to know the truths about life and still be quite young

I felt like I was reading the book...hats off from México!!!

[@lachlankirkland499]

this soundtrack is so alpha

[@SportsPhanatic17]

I should write this book.

[@byrononcrack2824]

I'm really sorry to tell you that someone already wrote this book :/

[@MsLoma1212]

As long as there is life there is happiness 💓

[@sarahnichols4439]

Loved the music from this film...very authentic! Made me start looking for more authentic Russian music

[@malinhessedahl]

Love this tv serie ❤❤❤

[@user-qe6pz6tj7k]

I would like to live a love story like Pierre & Natasha. 📿♥️🙏

[@99994139]

tragic but happy ending

[@user-qe6pz6tj7k]

@@99994139 In my opinion is so beautiful. I am totally in love for this story ♥️🥰

[@georgeabraham5672]

Really awesome. Mariya is my favourite

[@This1sS0Stup1d]

Pierre turned into a fox just with a better haircut

[@mariadelcarmenmendezmora8561]

yes. a grate book!!!!

[@gilly_axolotl]

Watched cause of Dano but man did i enjoy the entire thing

[@apseudonym]

the high frame rate on this is driving me insane

[@user-ky5kl9eb4f]

Моя любимая сцена

[@malamoimoi3586]

Good

[@MaestroDrake]

Riddler poetic.

[@126cardinal]

lily is such a beauty dam

[@katarinam2434]

Pure heaven...just missing Jesus❤

[@cinesecinese]

❤

[@esthershiloj9529]

Esta en netflix?

[@littleblue2242]

Je ne sais pas si c'est dû aux couleurs, mais cette scène me paraît totalement artificielle.

[@peachyemms8666]

I always wanted Sonya and Nikolai together :(

[@user-pe9po1le3l]

peachyemms you cannot have a good marriage if you dont have money at all. Sad but true. In 19th century in russia girl must have "pridannoe" dowry (money or еstate) to get married.

[@maryanna682]

@@user-pe9po1le3l but don't forget that Nikolai didn't really love Sonya. It wasn't just about the money, if you read the book he clearly states that he values her and her good virtues, but he just doesn't love her beyond as a cousin

[@christianealshut1123]

Yes, but Tolstoy did not bring them together because he was a stark realist and did not believe in romanticism, and he wanted to make the point that life is made up of compromises.

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

I have no verdict about her, the turning point for her character is that dubious, kinda fishy letter she writes to Nikolai, freeing him form her relationship, with the expectancy, Natasha's nursing of Andrei will rekindle their relationship, which was in a short phase when they were hopeful he could actually live (hence by canon law, prohibiting the Nikolai/Marya relationship). That might have also been the reason she told Natasha of his proximity in the first place, which the old countess e.g. felt was an awful idea. Honestly, and this is coming from a female pov, Sonya isn't really much into passion at all, the antithesis of Natasha, even Marya gets jittery when Nikolai turns up, Sonya never ever, she has zero problems with "waiting". In essence, she DOES love Nikolai like a brother, so her living with him and the pureness of Marya, might actually been a quite pleasant arrangement for her, not a sentence.

[@lacasadehonor9408]

@@maryanna682 Sonya really deserved a man who valued her and loved her crazy, she's a huge heart and beautiful soul

[@valentinav9500]

Excuse me....but where are the FULL episodes??? Talks about click bait!!!!!

[@kathrynorozco5416]

Why did Natasha move on so fast. I thought she loved Andrei so much

[@littlewomenchannel]

I´d recommend reading the book. Their love was quite unbalanced.

[@ambarmartinez3892]

@@littlewomenchannel I agree. Apart from that, I don't remember exactly but I think that she used to like Pierre since she was very young, but she "denied" it. Also, some characters joke about it in the book (at least in the earlier version of the novel, but I think it is also mention in the "traditional"/official one as well). So, it was kind of established since their first encounter that they were going to end up together.

[@goddess978]

which one is this?

[@karennoble1168]

2016 BBC

[@exper9516]

бедная Соня..

[@user-iw6nr1qr7n]

Пожалуйста, я книгу не дочитала! А английский знаю плохо...

[@user-kt6fu1re1r]

Мне тоже очень жаль её

[@malamoimoi3586]

I haven't seen the mo ie

[@natashanajam3499]

What happened to Andrei ?

[@jazduarte2320]

Natasha Najam he died

[@kathrynorozco5416]

Natasha Najam he died😭

[@landhardyart2104]

I made a story called Reign of the Dragons just search for "landhardy reign of the dragons" on google it's really good and worth your time.

[@Guardianes24-7]

Me gustó más la versión de 2007

[@anupriya8280]

Is that Lilly James

[@melanief4115]

yep!

[@littlefiddlechick1513]

Can I marry Pierre? Please!

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

Короче, хеппи-энд

[@outrageouslord2264]

To be honest they don’t look like Russian at all

[@user-du6oz7lo4s]

Каких русскихвы имеете в виду?

[@andro7862]

How do you think Russians look like?

[@pyatig]

Nikolai and Natasha do

[@nikiakbari]

And then the Bolsheviks came

[@MrBurtur]

After 100 years

[@pyatig]

And thank god for that cause while the privileged few were playing at life 90% of Russian people were living like slaves

[@user-yh7qe3ph2x]

Нет,не то

[@user-rn7gd9mw7q]

Господи, какое говно...А мы удивляемся, отчего они не понимают нас.

[@dariamamonova]

What

[@franciscoreveriano2524]

This version was horrible. Absolutely horrible. All the characters were much older in the original book. At this point in the story, Pierre was in his 40s and Rostov in his mid-30s. And Pierre was always a big buffon. Rostov was a short fool of a man. And Natasha had black hair not blonde hair. She represented a true Russian woman.

[@user-sl4yu8sq8j]

No, in the 1805 (the start of the story) pierre and nikolay rostov was 20 yo.

[@horseygirl1239]

it actually isn't, I think you'll find a LOT of people who adored this version

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

Well it was not 100% accurate but the series was definitely not horrible

[@esmeralda1703]

It has the 2007 adaptation and the 1968 Soviet that are great. Worse were the changes at Les Miserables.

[@lma.9735]

this version is absolutely amazing, one of the best period drama series

[@de8226]

How could have ended like this? Poor Andrei....nothing happened to Pierre. He is so irritating. Bad end...Thanks god I didnt read the book. The topic is typical Tolstoy style.👎👎