War and Peace (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-Ray]
War and Peace (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-Ray]
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 radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an 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. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 2K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of Sergei Bondarchuk • Two 1966 documentaries about the making of the film • Television program from 1967 profiling actor Ludmila Savelyeva, and featuring Sergei Bondarchuk • New program with historian Denise J. Youngblood (Bondarchuk’s “War and Peace”: Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic) detailing the cultural and historical contexts for the film • Janus rerelease trailer • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor
- Item Model Number: CC3042BD BLU-RAY
- Number of discs: 2
- Language: English
- Product dimensions: 1.78 x 19.05 x 13.72 cm; 113.4 Grams
- Book Type: 2-Disc Version
- Studio: The Criterion Collection
- Media Format: Subtitled
- Release date: 25 June 2019
- Subtitles: English
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