War and Peace 1973

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War and Peace ★★½ 1973

Lengthy BBC production of the lengthy Tolstoy masterpiece that follows the trials and triumphs of two Russian families whose lives intersect against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. On 6 cassettes. 750m/C VHS, DVD . GB Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Faith Brook, Morag Hood, Colin Baker, Neil Stacey; D: John (Howard) Davies; W: Jack Pulman.