# War and Peace (1956)

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**Runtime**: 208 min
**Genres**: War, Romance, Drama, History
**Directed by**: King Vidor
**Written by**: Ennio De Concini, King Vidor, Ivo Perilli
**Starring**: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Herbert Lom, Oskar Homolka

> *The greatest novel ever written ... Now magnificently alive on the screen!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently war makes for a great backdrop for romance. Natasha Rostova and Pierre Bezukhov navigate love amidst war. It predictably gets epic.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, epic, tender

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