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A 35-mm. copy of the series, which was filmed in parallel to the main version and had a 4:3 aspect ratio, rather than the 70-mm. 2.20:1, was submitted, after being adapted by a team headed by Petritsky. [29] In 1999, as part of an initiative to restore its old classics, Mosfilm resolved to restore War and Peace.
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An early ...
[4] Merriam-Webster lists him among "the most attractive and sympathetic characters in literature". [5] And M. Keith Booker describes Pierre as one of Tolstoy's "most memorable characters". [6] In publicity for the BBC's 2016 adaptation he is described as follows: Pierre is an outcast. The awkward, illegitimate son of a dazzlingly wealthy Count ...
War and Peace (Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is a 1915 Russian film written and co-directed by Vladimir Gardin, based on the 1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy.
At the start of the novel, 15-year-old Sonya is in love with her cousin, Nikolai Rostov, who initially reciprocates her feelings.Sonya has no independent means of support and Nikolai's mother opposes the match; she and Nikolai swear eternal love before he leaves to fight in the war.
He is possibly based on Tolstoy's cousin Prince Sergey Volkonsky, who was a hero of the Napoleonic Wars and later a Decembrist. [citation needed] However, author Laura Jepsen's view is that unlike "many of the other characters for whom the author found living prototypes, Prince Andrei is entirely fictitious".
There were 3 interpositives made from the original assembled camera negative: 1 - a 70 mm interpositive with 2,21:1 aspect ratio ( possibly not survived), 2 - a 35 mm anamorphic interpositive with aspect ratio of 2,35:1 and 3 - a 35 mm "pan-and-scan" 1, 37:1 interpositive. The DP Petritsky's quotes are usually mistranslated or misunderstood.
The staged version of the novel is a libretto written by the composer Rybnikov. The classical story of the prince Andrey Bolkonsky involved in the war of Russian Emperor Alexander the First against the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, Bolkonsky's High Society life, love of young and joyful Natasha Rostova is heavily featured.