War and Peace (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

This epic Russian-made adaptation of Tolstoy's Napoleonic novel took five years and $100,000,000 to make! Grand vignettes of human drama are framed by astounding battle scenes, including one that featured over 120,000 extras. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, director Sergei Bondarchuk's remains a sprawling, faithful version of the literary classic. Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, and Boris Zakhava star. 6 3/4 hrs. On two discs.

Starring: Kira Ivanova-Golovko, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Sergei Bondarchuk, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Kira Golovko, Nikolay Kodin, Anatoliy Ktorov, A. Lebedev, A. Stepanova, Alexander Yachnitsky, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Anatoly Ktorov, Andrei Smirnov, Boris Smirnov, Boris Zakhava, Daniil Netrebin, Eduard Martsevich, Ervin Knausmyuller, Georgiy Shapovalov, Georgiy Svetlani, Irina Skobtseva, Klavdiya Polovikova, N. Tolkachyov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikoly Kodin, Nonna Mordyukova, Oleg N. Yefremov, Petr Kiryutkin, Pyotr Savin, Sergei Nikonenko, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Vasiliy Sofronov, Volodia Levchenko, Yelena Tyapkina, Yuri Chekulaev, Oleg Tabakov, Seryozha Yermilov, Irina Gubanova, Antonina Shuranova, Georgiy Millyar, L. Borisenko, Yelena Vanke, D. Begak, N. Grinko, Sergey Nikonenko, Norman Rose, N. Kollen

Director: Sergei Bondarchuk, Liza Rodriguez, Pete Miller, Rene Garza