Film record

War and Peace

1956Feature film208 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · Italy
Languages
English · Italian
Genres
drama film · romance film · melodrama · historical film · war film

Credits

Direction

King Vidor — Directing

Cast

Audrey Hepburn — Acting (Natasha Rostova)
Henry Fonda — Acting (Count Pierre Bezukhov)
Mel Ferrer — Acting (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky)
Vittorio Gassman — Acting (Prince Anatole Kuragin)
Herbert Lom — Acting (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Oskar Homolka — Acting (Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov)
Anita Ekberg — Acting (Hélène Kuragina)
Helmut Dantine — Acting (Fedor Dolokhov)
Tullio Carminati — Acting (Prince Vasily Kuragin)
Milly Vitale — Acting (Lise Bolkonskaya)
May Britt — Acting (Sonya Rostova)
Jeremy Brett — Acting (Nicholas Rostov)
John Mills — Acting (Platon Karatayev)
Anna Maria Ferrero — Acting (Mary Bolkonskaya)
Wilfrid Lawson — Acting (Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky)
Mino Doro — Acting
Barry Jones — Acting (Count Mikhail Rostov)
Paddy Crean — Acting (Vas'ka Denisov)
Seán Barrett — Acting (Petya Rostov)
Alan Furlan — Acting
Marisa Allasio — Acting (Matrosha)
Alfredo Rizzo — Acting
Clelia Matania — Acting (Mademoiselle Geoges)
Gualtiero Tumiati — Acting (Count Kirill Bezukhov)
Mimmo Palmara — Acting
Guido Celano — Acting (Victor)
Robert Stephens — Acting (a Russian officer)
Charles Fernley Fawcett — Acting (an artillery officer)
Robert Riettii — Acting
Piero Palermini — Acting
Maria Zanoli — Acting (Mavra)
Giuseppe Addobbati — Acting
John Stacy — Acting
Gertrude Flynn — Acting (Mariya Peronskaya)

Writing

Mario Camerini — Screenwriting
Ennio de Concini — Screenwriting
Ivo Perilli — Screenwriting
King Vidor — Screenwriting
Gian Gaspare Napolitano — Screenwriting
Mario Soldati — Screenwriting
Bridget Boland — Screenwriting
Robert Westerby — Screenwriting

Production

Dino De Laurentiis — Production
Fausto Saraceni — Executive production
Carlo Ponti — Production

Music

Nino Rota — Music composition

Cinematography

Jack Cardiff — Cinematography

Editing

Leo Catozzo — Editing

Art department

Mario Chiari — Production design

Costume

Maria De Matteis — Costume design
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
21 Aug 1956Checked 22 Sep 2026
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