"War and Peace" Wins Foreign Language Film: 1969 Oscars

Jane Fonda presents the Oscar for Foreign Language Film to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for War and Peace at the 41st Academy Awards. Accepted by Lyudmila Saveleva and Natalie Wood.
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[@TheStockwell]

It was impressive of the Academy to award, during the Cold War, an Oscar to a 7-hour long Soviet epic. I've seen the film and it makes sense. How often does a director get to have a literal cast of thousands? In this case, the number of extras is pegged at 12 to 15 thousand.

[@vanajana3868]

it was bigger russian cinema project. Greatest film that is based on greatest russian novel. Like US "Gone with the Wind", italian "Il Gattopardo" or french "Les Meserables"

[@vanajana3868]

only russian Doctor Zhivago will be cooler. If I will be directing it :) :) :)

[@TheStockwell]

@@vanajana3868 Yes! Yes! You MUST create your masterpiece! "Vans Jana's 'Doctor Zhivago' - 18 hours long; and every frame is a painting!"

[@vanajana3868]

7-hour movie was 4 part. Russian cinemas showed 1 part in 1 year. First part was showed in 1966. It was movie-series like Avengers :)

[@TheStockwell]

@@vanajana3868 I know. I own a Blu-ray copy of the restored film. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXXUkqGum8qWf6M

[@michaelscribe4827]

Pure class from Saveleva who was beyond superb in this great film.

[@renatateofilo9887]

OMG, Natalie speaking russian! That was so cute!!!

[@poncedeleon2964]

Her parents were Russian. Her grandfather died in the Russian civil war 1922

[@Arestovih]

@@poncedeleon2964 Thank you, I didn't know that fact. I'm from Russia. My great-grandfather fought in the civil war. And my grandfather already fought in the Second World War, he was a tank driver, he reached Berlin

[@MrJohn-zd4bj]

@@Arestovih Nobody cares.

[@Panch124]

@@Arestovih более того они были выходцами из Владивостока и Уссурийска, то есть моими земляками. А Натали Вуд звали, на самом деле, Наталья Николаевна Захаренко.

[@herondelatorre4023]

@@MrJohn-zd4bj That's your opinion. I care about that story of one having a WW II relative. Shame on you.

[@Noisyego]

"'War and Peace'" is an amazing movie! I love it! The authors made a huge work to make it! Congratulations, Russia!

[@TrangPakbaby]

I’m going to watch it for the first time this weekend ❤️

[@kingamoeboid3887]

@@TrangPakbaby how was it?

[@MrJohn-zd4bj]

The most overrated “masterpiece”. Die russia.

[@LastHussar1812]

Bondarchuk actually died for ten minutes making this movie.

[@Noisyego]

@@LastHussar1812 I know it.

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

Deserved every single award it got and more. Really glad it got recognized.

[@vaibhavuniyal1842]

Lyudmila is astonishingly gorgeous.

[@user-ks5sw5wh8w]

In War and Peace in the scene of the battle of Borodino participated 120000 people. Lyudmila Savelyeva was born in January 1942 in besieged Leningrad in the midst of famine. Ath the end of her speach she says: "I am very happy and I want to thank on my own behalf, on behalf of the director, and on all the participants in our film, the recognition of our great work. Thank you very much! I love you!"

[@tariqalodat720]

Thank you for this translation!

[@kabardinka1]

Actually, there were 13,000 extras in the Borodino scene... Bondarchuk confirmed this. Still a huge amount but not 120,000.

[@ulanturu03]

Наш первый Оскар,товарищи!

[@user-ks5sw5wh8w]

Наш второй "Оскар". Первый, за документальный фильм "Разгром немецких войск под Москвой". Он получил свою награду в 1943 г.

[@eastwest9819]

Timur, правы и Вы, и Big Chungus - один был первым в док.кино, другой - в художественном. Но по времени, конечно, Оскар 43 года.

[@yernarshambayev5246]

Первый игровой

[@scottvasquez1401]

The most expensive movie ever made in terms of inflation. You saw every ruble on the screen.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Natalie's Russian was impressive

[@eastwest9819]

And so warm!

[@ezefinkielman4672]

Her parents were Russian, she grew up with the language.

[@vistaestrada]

More Natalie Wood!

[@YouToralf]

She did not translate last answer: - But you are so young? - I already vote

[@trinity_zhiva]

I think, because it was a joke, that she didn't appreciate

[@YouToralf]

She simply did not understand

[@trinity_zhiva]

@@YouToralf how do you know? ты что.... русский Иван???

[@olga7454]

she answered "I am already adult" "Ja uzhe vzroslaya".

[@eastwest9819]

@@olga7454 you are wright! Russian?

[@acastrohowell]

Natalie looks beautiful as always

[@riccardolucacapraro2242]

Best movie from USSR ever!

[@user-qb6om8fq3r]

Блистательная Натали Вуд, наша Наташенька!

[@trivanannakkarage9893]

Can't believe this was 1969 🤩 it's like history is timeless

[@retrokiss]

оооо натусик по-русски говорит💖🇷🇺

[@user-ft3lr3nq1w]

а кто это?

[@retrokiss]

Дмитрий Калашников натали вуд🥰

[@user-ft3lr3nq1w]

@@retrokiss Это американская актриса?

[@ezefinkielman4672]

@@user-ft3lr3nq1w Да. Натали Вуд русского происхождения, ее родители были русскими. Ее настоящее имя - Наталья Николаевна Захаренко.

[@user-qb6om8fq3r]

Обожаю ее! Наша звездочка Больших гонок! :-)

[@tobyrose6906]

War and Peace. 12hiurs long in total. Brilliant. And so true to Real events.

[@MrJohn-zd4bj]

You witnessed the real events from a fiction book written more than 200 years ago? What do you smoke?

[@CVUK]

7 hours.

[@viantzpradz4771]

So Jane can speak France, and Natalie can speak Russian!!!

[@RobertKoch-rg7iy]

Natalie IS russian.

[@yotony0]

@Fra R Russian parents = Russian

[@riveranormanf.8770]

@Vinatz Pradz Hi how are you? Yep Jane Fonda speaks French, her first husband international french director was Roger Vadim, they married in 1965 and officially divorced in 1973, she lived in France for 6 1/2 years.

[@caelidhg6261]

I wish more folks in America would speak at least a 2nd language. I am 52 and I was introduced to French in 1st grade and I am currently learning Spanish and French ...... AND Russian and Latin... and ..... Portuguese and Finnish... all on DUOLINGO!

[@kabardinka1]

Natalie Wood was Russian-American and was born in San Francisco to Russian emigres.

[@caelidhg6261]

I am currently watching this. Just finished the first part.... It is INCREDIBLE! . I am also trying to delve into the book as well (Anthony Briggs translation) but this film is a must see!!! The way some of the scenes were shot it looked like they had drones!.. Really beautiful.. Nice film. The ONLY Criticism I have (and this is an issue with many 1960s era films is the lack of detail to costume and hairstyle.. too many bouffants and the fabrics look cheap and polyester.. and the stitching isn't very good. BUT That is because I appreciate historically accurate costuming.. I am spoiled,what can I say.. but other than that it is really a beautiful work of art!

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

why can't the Oscars be this fun sgian? that's why no one watches anymore

[@riccardolucacapraro2242]

Everybody watches, just coz u dont doesnt mean no one

[@anitahudson1570]

@@riccardolucacapraro2242 I don't watch it too, that counts for two!

[@eastwest9819]

Anita, absolutely! I miss the old atmosphere...

[@MegaJohny56]

well said!

[@elgrigorio1]

It's not fun because the Oscars have been highkacjed by a Cult of PC SJW Cancel Culture-Promoting savages.

[@DDKKRRO]

Это так мило…)

[@KOT_c_XBOCTOM]

Мои мысли прочитал чёрт.

[@nichegoseberazdvatri]

Oh my Gosh, what happened? USA and Russia were friends.

[@nancyhey1012]

In my mind, I will never consider Russia or Russians to be our “enemy”!

[@milekhin]

Nancy Hey thanks you! Wee too! It’s dirty political..

[@NSS7]

Back then movies are movies, politics are politics.

[@vinnieviddivicci5459]

@@nancyhey1012 Politicians make enemies of other countries.

[@NoName-sz7fj]

no they were not. it was during the cold war

[@Panch124]

Это же Натали Вуд (Наталья Николаевна Захаренко) рядом с Джейн Фондой ?

[@CinemaniacSeventy7]

0:27 Is that Walter Matthau's voice?

[@lorenzocintorino1079]

Natalie Wood was so beautiful and talented.

[@ryanwilkes3171]

That was very funny and very sweet!

[@benkoeberle9510]

Ryan Wilkes It really was. Recently, I got done reading the book and have just seen the Russian film adaptation. I was happy to come across this clip by coincidence.

[@perpieta]

OMG Matthau is all over this Oscar telecast. Hysterical.

[@LastHussar1812]

I though it was Jimmy Stewart 😂

[@diastleu274]

Amy Adams could act as young Jane Fonda

[@Chapaev-fu5un]

Раньше вот русские Оскар получали

[@vanajana3868]

wounderful company! Russian actress. American actress who is russian emigrants' doughter. American actress who is wife of french director but this director is russian emigrants' son :) Russian are coming, russian are coming :)

[@ulugbekmuminov1440]

it’s USSR not Russia

[@richatmansurov7693]

War and Peace Bondarchyuk bravooooo!!!!!!!!!

[@liveoak144]

Natalie's family were Russian immigrants.

[@ziggywei]

0:22 'ana' Mr Matthau was a bit impatient

[@itsokay2606]

Why they say Russia if it was 1969 ?

[@karlmortoniv2951]

‘cuz the movie has more to do with Russia than the Soviet Union? I wouldn’t put it past those who thought that deeply about such things in Hollywood at the time to snub the Soviets while honoring Russia, if you see what I mean?

[@tanyamoretz]

because Russia was a part of USSR. Yes, Russia was, as you would say, a 'headquarters' of USSR, but actually USSR wasn't a country, it was a union of several republics, Russia included

[@Shutenocheck]

​@@tanyamoretzСССР - это была одна единая страна. Над фильмом работал весь советский союз

[@emiliobello2538]

The longest movie to win an Oscar until OJ Made In America

[@user-gg9fv3vq7o]

Оказывается в 1969 году у нас Россия была , а не СССР , не знал 😂

[@KOT_c_XBOCTOM]

Я думаю USSR считалась империей зла, :) у него очень агрессивный политический оттенок. По этому на Оскаре решили просто сказать Россия.

[@user-gg9fv3vq7o]

@@KOT_c_XBOCTOM сша с 1946 года по 2022 году уничтожили примерно 20 миллионов мирных жителей в войнах , кто еще агрессор

[@tanyamoretz]

Россия как бы всегда была. Просто она была в составе СССР. Как и Украина, и другие страны. СССР - СОЮЗ республик, а не одна большая страна.

[@Ettoredipugnar]

Hanoi Jane ! Vechnya Pomyat Natasha .

[@andrenadra639]

Attractive actresses

[@romans8024]

Что за премилый голосок 😊

[@murrayaronson3753]

War and Peace is a great movie and so is Stolen Kisses. Too bad there wasn't a tie.

[@gnozza8683]

Nathalie in Russian: Jane in French.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Excellent film -- still kind of funny to see Jane Fonda giving the award.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Her French is beautiful. Jane is an accomplished woman.

[@maggiemakgill]

Why "Russia" in 1969? When did the US consider the Russian S.F.S.R. to be a different country from say the Ukrainian S.S.R. and when does it consider all of them to be one country, the USSR? They were considered one country in the Olympics ( which is odd because Olympics lets Puerto Rico have a team and it's CLEARLY not a country and part of the US).

[@kabardinka1]

Agreed. I hate that when the USSR was referred to as Russia. Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Ukraine.

[@neptunefog6082]

@@kabardinka1 that’s just a stupid lie

[@JeromeGentes]

Why "Russia" instead of "the Soviet Union"?

[@Elitist20]

Ironically the version of War and Peace most people saw in English-speaking countries was dubbed - also an hour shorter.

[@Cunninghamily]

1:50

[@manueldi928]

Far out Natalie Wood was so delicious! I have such a huge sweet tooth for that woman. How good and gorgeous it sounds to hear her talk in Russian

[@karlmortoniv2951]

She gets to flex her Russian in “The Meteor” as well - but only you can decide if it’s worth watching that movie to hear it. 😳

[@PokhrajRoy.]

JANE FONDA IS HILARIOUS!

[@mezzarcsgo6198]

country called USSR at that time

[@Eridelm]

was product of RSFSR which were oversimplified Russia

[@taissafarmiga6682]

Erie, it was a product of Ussr, you moron!

[@tanyamoretz]

no. USSR was a union of several countries, including Russia, Ukraine, etc.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I saw this live and I thought, "Wow, Natalie Wood has really gone the extra mile with her prep work."

[@Shutenocheck]

so strange. Russia, not the Soviet Union. And they didn’t translate Savelyeva’s joke “I’m not very young, I’m already voting.”

[@qetikopaleishvili3442]

I hardly could hear...I loved naughty Jane ....

[@lucaszanini5359]

So sad. Natalie Wood die so young

[@klausweasley]

Jane Fonda barely aged.

[@Biog862]

Two gorgeous Russian women

[@koln1996]

I don't know what is worse: Fonda's hair or her accent!!! I love "Stolen Kisses", "The Girl with the Pistol" is fine, "Firemen's Ball" a snooze, and I've never seen "War and Peace" and "The Boys of Paul Street"!!!

[@josephkearny5874]

She looks great and her hairstyle was for her role in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Her French accent is good; she lived in France and was married to Frenchman of Russian descent

[@murrayaronson3753]

Stolen Kisses is one of my favorite movies. It's probably Truffaut's best film. I did see War and Peace in 1972 in a dubbed version and will likely it again this time undubbed a few weeks from today.

[@chabadabada1966]

Russia?? Soviet Union, actually

[@user-gc3lm5we7w]

Расия👆🏿свищеная🥒наша😈диржава🌹расия😭лубимий🤯наша🇦🇲строна

[@KOT_c_XBOCTOM]

Там мило :о)

[@aztro4010]

I'm not sure if this is true, but i read somewhere that upon returning back, Soviet authorities confiscated the Oscar statue.

[@botirasadullakhodjaev6710]

Russia???

[@jornalistarafaelmedeiros]

Rússia????? hahaha

[@breckinmeyer8820]

it was obviously Soviet Union, not Russia!

[@Bikistan]

@@breckinmeyer8820 так держать, товарищ!

[@alcd6333]

I read that the Kremlin was shocked that "War and Peace" won. They sent Lyudmila to the US only as a goodwill gesture. She intended to give the award to the movie's director, but as soon as her plane landed back in Moscow, KGB agents stormed into the plane and forcefully took the award from her. What a miserable government they were under!

[@user-cb8le7fb4k]

Nonsense. Nonsense. Why do the agents of the KGB have OSCAR?

[@alcd6333]

It was confiscated as "capitalist garbage" by the Kremlin and very likely destroyed. It's very sad. However, the movie is very well made with amazing production values

[@skyarrrrow]

What a garbage! There was a delight in USSR, when we are heard such news!

[@romankotov36]

These KGB agents are still storming your brain, or whatever is left thereof...

[@skyarrrrow]

@@romankotov36 There are no brain, just propaganda-porridge!))

[@richatmansurov9272]

RUSSIA?? Soviet Union!!!!!!!!!