War and Peace (1956 film)
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Written by | Bridget Boland Robert Westerby King Vidor Mario Camerini Ennio De Concini Ivo Perilli Leo Tolstoy (novel) |
| Starring | Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda Mel Ferrer |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editing by | Leo Cattozzo |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1956 |
| Running time | 208 min. |
| Language | English/Italian |
| Budget | $6,000,000 (estimated) |
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War and Peace is the first film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff. The film was made by Dino de Laurentiis Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman and Anita Ekberg with Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka, Helmut Dantine, Tullio Carminati, Barry Jones, Milly Vitale, Anna Maria Ferrero, Wilfrid Lawson, May Britt, Jeremy Brett and John Mills.
It was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film and it had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis).
[edit] See also
- War and Peace - book by Leo Tolstoy
- War and Peace - 1968 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
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