About War and Peace
- Released on September 29, 1972
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
Main Cast of War and Peace
Anthony Hopkins plays Pierre Bezukhov (20 episodes)
Morag Hood
Alan Dobie
Joanna David
Rupert Davies
David Swift
Faith Brook
Neil Stacy
Fiona Gaunt
Sylvester Morand
Angela Down
Donald Burton plays Dolohov (20 episodes)
Secondary Cast of War and Peace
Donald Burton
Erik Chitty
Barbara Lott
Michael Billington
Peter Cartwright
Beatrix Lehmann
Tenniel Evans
Barbara Young
Richard Hurndall
Patrick Holt
Kevin Stoney
Frank Middlemass
John Ringham
Morris Perry
Victor Brooks
Harry Locke
Patricia Shakesby
John Cazabon
Jerome Willis
Tony Caunter
Basil Dignam
Stephen Yardley
Gary Watson
Colin Baker
John Sterland
Bruno Barnabe
Hugh Cross
Jean Heywood
Basil Henson
Tony Steedman
John Malcolm plays Laurent (1 episode)
Alan Collins
Crew of War and Peace
Directing
- Donald Burton
- Erik Chitty
- Barbara Lott
- Michael Billington
- Peter Cartwright
- Beatrix Lehmann
- Tenniel Evans
- Barbara Young
- Richard Hurndall
- Patrick Holt
- Kevin Stoney
- Frank Middlemass
- John Ringham
- Morris Perry
- Victor Brooks
- Harry Locke
- Patricia Shakesby
- John Cazabon
- Jerome Willis
- Tony Caunter
- Basil Dignam
- Stephen Yardley
- Gary Watson
- Colin Baker
- John Sterland
- Bruno Barnabe
- Hugh Cross
- Jean Heywood
- Basil Henson
- Tony Steedman
- John Malcolm
- Alan Collins