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War & peace / British Broadcasting Corporation ; producer, David Conroy ; dramatist, Jack Pulman ; director, John Davies.
LIBRA DVD 003 064 discs 1-5
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Voĭna i mir, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Film adaptations.
- Tolstoy, Leo.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Russia--Drama.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Families.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Russia--History--Alexander I, 1801-1825--Drama.
- Russia.
- Russia--Social life and customs--1533-1917--Drama.
- Families--Russia--Drama.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Russia--Drama.
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- War television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 5 videodiscs (890 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages ; color illustrations : 18 cm)
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- War and peace
- Place of Publication:
- Port Washington, NY : KOCH Vision : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, [2007]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
- Contents:
- Disc 1: Name-day ; Sounds of war ; Skirmish at Schöngraben ; A letter and two proposals
- Disc 2: Austerlitz ; Reunions ; New beginnings ; A beautiful tale
- Disc 3: Leave of absence ; Madness ; Men of destiny ; Fortunes of war
- Disc 4: Borodino ; Escape ; Moscow! ; Two meetings
- Disc 5: Of life and death ; The retreat ; The road to life ; An epilogue.
- Participant:
- Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Morag Hood, Angela Down, Sylvester Morand, Rupert Davies, Faith Brook, Joanna David, Anthony Jacobs.
- Credits:
- Film editor, Gordon Clarke ; costume designer, Charles Knode.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
- Originally broadcast on television in 1972-1973.
- Contains all 20 episodes from the BBC television mini-series.
- Aspect ratio 4:3.
- Special features: Photo gallery; 44-page collectible booklet featuring production notes, episode summaries, character profiles and stunning behind-the-scenes photography.
- BAFTA Awards, 1972: Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1417230126
- 9781417230129
- OCLC:
- 173492849
- Publisher Number:
- 741952648895
- KOC-DV-6488 KOCH Vision
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