War and Peace (1966-1967)
Bondarchuk's 1966-67 Soviet seven-hour Tolstoy adaptation. The most expensive film ever made at that time.
Lyudmila Savelyeva played Natasha Rostova in the Soviet War and Peace, a production that took six years, used enormous numbers of Red Army troops as extras, and remains among the most expensive films ever made. She was a ballerina with no acting experience when cast at nineteen.
Boris ZakhavaBondarchuk's 1966-67 Soviet seven-hour Tolstoy adaptation. The most expensive film ever made at that time.
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