Cinematic background from War and Peace 1956 - Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.

War and Peace

1956

Drama, Romance, War

Directors:

Writers:

Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, Bridget Boland, Ennio De Concini, King Vidor, Robert Westerby, Lev Tolstoy, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Mario Camerini, Elizabeth Hill, Irwin Shaw

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Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man is performing a show in front of an audience; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person hugging another person; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a shirt and a vest; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man in a uniform standing next to another man in a suit; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a green dress and a man in a black suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man sitting in front of a curtain holding a cell phone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A group of people riding skis on top of a snow covered slope; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a red dress; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman standing in front of a man in a bed; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man dressed in a white uniform with gold medals on it; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a red dress with a white collar; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman sitting in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – Two men are talking to each other in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A couple of people that are dancing in a room; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman standing next to a person in a room; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a red dress standing in front of a pile of rubble; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman is looking down at a man's face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man in a military uniform standing in front of a painting; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person standing in the middle of a snow covered street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman looking out of a window at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a uniform; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a long dress standing in front of a group of people; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a white dress looking out at a castle; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A beautiful woman holding a paper bag with flowers on it; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a yellow dress using a computer; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man standing in the middle of a dark street; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a yellow dress sitting on a window sill; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman embracing each other in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman are hugging each other; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man holding a baseball bat while standing in an abandoned building; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman in front of an oval mirror; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man standing on a balcony looking out the window; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man laying in bed next to a woman and a child; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – Two beautiful women sitting on a bed talking; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a white dress with a tiara on her head; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A group of people sitting in front of a man in a suit; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman kissing each other in front of a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man standing on top of a fire escape on a building; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman sitting in front of a lit candle; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man standing in a doorway in an abandoned building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a long dress walking in front of a door; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman laying in a bed looking up at the sky; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man dressed in a uniform with a medal around his neck; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman leaning on a railing in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman are in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a striped dress standing on a staircase; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – The stairs of a very old building have been destroyed; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman with a scarf around her neck; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A group of people standing in a room with stairs; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A large group of men in medieval garb marching in a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a black dress talking on the phone; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man and a woman are standing next to each other in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman sitting on the ground in front of a group of people; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man sitting in a chair next to another man in a suit; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A group of people sitting next to each other on a stage; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a green and yellow dress holding a flower; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman wrapped in a blanket sitting on a couch; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man in a uniform looking at himself in the mirror; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A young woman with blue eye shadow is in the dark; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman hugging another woman on the stairs; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man wearing a suit and tie standing in front of a crowd of onlookers; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a black dress standing next to a white vase; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A person with a tear in her eye; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A man dressed in a military uniform standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A large crowd of people are marching down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a yellow dress standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman looking out of a window at night; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman sitting on a chair next to a man in a bed; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – Two women are dressed in period clothing and playing a piano; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “War and Peace” (1956), directed by King Vidor – A woman in a white dress and a man in a suit; Medium shot, Low angle