War and Peace (miniseries)
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War and Peace is a 2007 Russian-French-Italian-German miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm
. It was broadcast in Belgium (RTBF
) and in France (France 2
) in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy
's novel War and Peace
, which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities.
Robert Dornhelm
Robert Dornhelm is an Austrian film and television director of Romanian ancestry. He has worked on numerous television programmes and has also released such movies as Echo Park, The Venice Project, Der Unfisch, and A Further Gesture...
. It was broadcast in Belgium (RTBF
RTBF
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...
) and in France (France 2
France 2
France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...
) in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
's novel War and Peace
War and Peace
War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature...
, which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities.
Cast
- Alexander BeyerAlexander BeyerAlexander Beyer is a German actor.He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as: Volker Schloendorff's The Legend of Rita , Leander Haussmann's Sun Alley , Johannes Kiefer's Gregor's Greatest Invention , which was nominated for an...
– Pierre Bezukhov - Clémence PoésyClémence PoésyClémence Poésy is a French actress and fashion model. Since starting on the stage as a child, Poésy had dramatic education, and has been active on both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions...
– Natasha Rostova - Alessio BoniAlessio BoniAlessio Boni is an Italian actor.Boni was born in Sarnico. In 1992, Boni finished his theatre studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. The second of three, Marco is the eldest and Andrea is the youngest brother...
– Andrei Bolkonsky - Malcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...
– Prince Bolkonsky, the father - Andrea Giordana – Count Rostov
- Brenda BlethynBrenda BlethynBrenda Anne Blethyn, OBE is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
– Márja Dmitriyevna Achrosímova - Violante PlacidoViolante PlacidoViolante Placido is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli.-Film:...
– Helene Kuragina - Toni Bertorelli – Vasily Kuragin
- Hannelore ElsnerHannelore ElsnerHannelore Elsner is a German actress. After finishing drama school she worked in theatres in Berlin and München. Later she starred in films and TV series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik...
– Countess Rostova - Benjamin SadlerBenjamin SadlerBenjamin Sadler is a German actor who was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five...
– Dolokhov - Pilar Abella – Mademoiselle Bourienne
- Ken DukenKen DukenKen Duken is a German actor.Ken Duken is the third child of film and stage actress Christina Loeb; his father is a doctor. Duken never attended a drama school but took courses in drama, including under James Reynold...
– Anatole Kuragin - Hary Prinz – Denisov
- Vladimir Ilyin – Kutuzov
- Dmitri Isayev – Nikolai Rostov
- Valentina CerviValentina CerviValentina Cervi is an Italian film and television actress.Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of the famous Italian actor Gino Cervi. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film Portami la luna...
– Maria Bolkonskaya - Elodie Frenck – Lise
- Scali Delpeyrat – Napoléon
- Frédéric Gorny – Ramballe
- Igor KostolevskyIgor KostolevskyIgor Matveyevich Kostolevsky is a prominent Russian movie and stage actor. He has won the People's Artist of Russia title which is the highest honor for any actor/actress in the USSR and then the Russian Federation...
– Tsar Alexander - Ana Caterina Morariu – Sonja