War and Peace

September 1–27, 2019

Back by popular demand! Sergei Bondarchuk’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Tolstoy’s revered novel was hailed by Roger Ebert as “the definitive epic of all time”; it demands to be seen on the big screen.

 

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  • War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov

    • Saturday, September 7 7:45 PM
    • Sunday, September 8 7 PM
    • Saturday, September 14 5:45 PM
    • Friday, September 27 4 PM
    Sergei Bondarchuk
    USSR, 1966

    Digital Restoration
    Back by Popular Demand!

    The final installment in the four-part epic opens as the Russian army retreats, leaving Moscow in flames; it closes as the city rebuilds, and life and love begin again.

  • War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

    • Saturday, September 7 6 PM
    • Sunday, September 8 2:30 PM
    • Saturday, September 14 4 PM
    • Friday, September 20 4 PM
    Sergei Bondarchuk
    USSR, 1966

    Digital Restoration
    Back by Popular Demand!

    In Part III of War and Peace, the emphasis is on the war: it is 1812 and Napoleon’s armies are crossing into Russia. Pierre visits the battlefield as a casual observer and finds himself in the midst of chaos, while Andrei rediscovers his love of life through a brush with death.

  • War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

    • Friday, September 6 7 PM
    • Saturday, September 7 3:30 PM
    • Friday, September 13 4 PM
    Sergei Bondarchuk
    USSR, 1966

    Digital Restoration
    Back by Popular Demand!

     

    In the second part of Bondarchuk’s epic adaptation, young Natasha becomes engaged to military man Andrei, but his protracted absence leaves her vulnerable.

  • War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

    • Sunday, September 1 7 PM
    • Friday, September 6 3:30 PM
    • Saturday, September 7 12 PM
    Sergei Bondarchuk
    USSR, 1966

    Digital Restoration
    Back by Popular Demand!

    Part I of Bondarchuk’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Tolstoy’s revered novel moves between ballroom and battlefield, hinging on the disastrous Battle of Austerlitz.