War and Peace - Anthony Hopkins - Leo Tolstoy - d) Episodes 13-16 - TV - 1972 - Remastered - 4K

War and Peace is a British television dramatisation of the 1869 Leo Tolstoy novel War and Peace. This 20-episode series began on 28 September 1972 for a duration of 15 hours. The 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 Bezukhov, Morag Hood is Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie is Andrei Bolkonsky and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for each of them and their families.



Hopkins received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance, and the production designer Don Homfray won a BAFTA for his work on the series.

Part IV - Episodes 13-16:
13 - "Borodino": The citizens of Moscow are forced to decide whether to abandon the city or not. At Borodino both sides take heavy losses.
14 - "Escape": The aftermath of Borodino. The Rostovs evacuate wounded soldiers from Moscow – Andrei among them.
15 - "Moscow!": Napoleon takes Moscow, but the war is not won yet. Pierre imagines that he is destined to kill the Emperor.
16 - "Two Meetings": Nikolai must decide between Maria and Sonya. Natasha nurses the dying Andrei.

Cast
Further information: List of War and Peace characters
Anthony Hopkins as Pierre Bezukhov
Alan Dobie as Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky
Morag Hood as Natasha Rostova
Angela Down as Maria Bolkonskaya
Rupert Davies as Count Ilya Rostov
Faith Brook as Countess Natalie Rostova
David Swift as Napoleon Bonaparte
Frank Middlemass as Mikhail Kutuzov
Sylvester Morand as Nikolai Rostov
Joanna David as Sonya
Harry Locke as Platon Karataev
Donald Douglas as Tsar Alexander I of Russia
John Cazabon as Barclay de Tolly
Fiona Gaunt as Hélène Kuragina, wife of Pierre Bezukhov
Anthony Jacobs as Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky, father of Andrei and Marya
Athene Fielding as Mademoiselle Bourienne, companion to Marya
Barnaby Shaw and Rufus Frampton as Petya Rostov
Peter Bathurst as Pfuhl
Morris Perry as Joseph Fouché
Geoffrey Morris as Napoleon's secretary
Michael Gover as General Balashev
Toby Bridge as young Nikolenka Bolkonsky
Neil Stacy as Boris Drubetskoy
Anne Blake as Princess Drubetskoya
Gary Watson as Denisov
Donald Burton as Dolokhov
Tony Steedman as Marshal Davout
Joseph Wise as Russian officer
Colin Baker as Anatole Kuragin
Basil Henson as Prince Vasili Kuragin
Josie Kidd as Katishe
James Appleby as German adjutant
Gerard Hely as Prince Murat
Michael Billington as Lt. Berg
Will Leighton as Tikhon
Patricia Shakesby as Vera Rostova, married to Berg
Alison Frazer as Princess Lisa Bolkonskya
Colin Fisher as Telyanin
John Breslin as Marshal Berthier
Pat Gorman as French Sergeant
Philip Lowrie as French Captain
Edmund Bailey as Prokofy
Hugh Cross as Mitenka
Richard Poore as French messenger
Barbara Young as Anna Scherer
Karin MacCarthy as Julie Karagin
Maurice Quick as Pavel
Roy Spencer as Timohin
Hubert Cross as General Rapp
Geoffrey Denton as Host
Tenniel Evans as Prince Bagration
Gordon Faith as Galitsyn
John Lawrence as Anna's guest
Judith Pollard as Olga
Edith Sharpe as Madame Scherer
Tony Caunter as French Corporal
Erik Chitty as Gerasim

Directed by John Davies

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