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"The definitive epic of all time." - Roger Ebert

"Dazzling in its ambition and faithfullness to Tolstoy." - Seattle Times

"A great and noble translation of a literary masterpeice." - New York Magazine

The film will be presented in its entirety on Sunday, October 6. Individual chapters will be presented throughout the week as reflected here.

Sunday, October 6
1:30PM - Introduction by Anna Barker, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Russian Literature
2:00PM - Chapter 1, Andrei Bolkonsky
4:45PM - Chapter II, Natasha Rostova
6:30PM - Chapter III, The Year 1812
8:00PM - Chapter IV, Pierre Bezukhov

Monday, October 7 & Wednesday, October 9
5:30PM - Encore introduction by Anna Barker (Monday only)
6:00PM - Chapter 1
8:45PM - Chapter II

Tuesday, October 8 & Thursday, October 10
5:30PM - Chapter III
7:00PM - Chapter IV

At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic tome in which the fates of three souls - the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radient, tempestuous Natasha - collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema's might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking.