War and Peace

The BBC's classic dramatization of Tolstoy's epic novel of love and loss set against the Napoleonic Wars features Anthony Hopkins as Pierre Bezuhov, a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA. Morag Hood portrays the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie plays the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky, and David Swift appears as Napoleon, whose 1812 invasion of Russia has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy, whose primary aim was to adapt the rich characterisation and events from Tolstoy's novel into a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's *War And Peace* features superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA), and breathtaking battle sequences filmed in former Yugoslavia.