War and Peace
1956 film by King Vidor · Released August 21, 1956
War and Peace (Italian: Guerra e pace) is a 1956 epic historical drama film based on the 1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy. It was directed and co-written by King Vidor, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Andrei, along with Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Anita Ekberg (in one of her first breakthrough roles), Helmut Dantine, Barry Jones, Anna Maria Ferrero, Milly Vitale, Jeremy Brett and John Mills. The musical score was composed by Nino Rota and conducted by Franco Ferrara.
Cast ages when filming began (1955)
- Audrey Hepburn, as Natasha Rostova: 25–26
- Henry Fonda, as Count Pierre Bezukhov: 49–50
- Mel Ferrer, as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: 37–38
- Vittorio Gassman, as Prince Anatole Kuragin: 32–33
- Herbert Lom, as Napoleon Bonaparte: 37–38
- Oskar Homolka, as Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov: 56–57
- Anita Ekberg, as Hélène Kuragina: 23–24
- Helmut Dantine, as Fedor Dolokhov: 37–38
- Tullio Carminati, as Prince Vasily Kuragin: 60–61
- Milly Vitale, as Lise Bolkonskaya: 22–23
- May Britt, as Sonya Rostova: 20–21
- Jeremy Brett, as Nicholas Rostov: 21–22
- John Mills, as Platon Karatayev: 46–47
- Anna Maria Ferrero, as Mary Bolkonskaya: 20–21
- Wilfrid Lawson, as Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky: 54–55
- Barry Jones, as Count Mikhail Rostov: 61–62
- Paddy Crean, as Vas'ka Denisov: 43–44
- Seán Barrett, as Petya Rostov: 14–15
- Marisa Allasio, as Matrosha: 18–19
- Clelia Matania, as Mademoiselle Georges: 36–37
- Gualtiero Tumiati, as Count Kirill Bezukhov: 78–79
- Guido Celano, as Victor: 50–51
- Robert Stephens, as a Russian officer: 23–24
- Charles Fernley Fawcett, as an artillery officer: 39–40