War and Peace (1956 film)

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War and Peace

DVD cover
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)
IMDb profile

War and Peace is the first English 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).

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