At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy?s classic tome in which th... more »e fates of three souls?the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha?collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema?s might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES ? New 2K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ? New interviews with cinematographer Anatoly Petritsky and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk, son of Sergei Bondarchuk ? Two 1966 documentaries about the making of the film ? Television program from 1967 profiling actor Ludmila Savelyeva, and featuring Sergei Bondarchuk ? New program with historian Denise J. Youngblood (Bondarchuk?s ?War and Peace?: Literary Classic to Soviet Cinematic Epic) detailing the cultural and historical contexts for the film ? Janus rerelease trailer ? New English subtitle translation ? PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor« less