{"id":82811,"date":"2022-04-08T23:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T06:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82811"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:52:43","slug":"war-and-peace-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82811","title":{"rendered":"War and Peace (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;War is the most horrible thing in life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Poster.png 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Napoleonic-era Russia, the illegitimate son (Henry Fonda) of a dying count marries a beautiful woman (Anita Ekberg) who simply wants his inheritance. Meanwhile, Prince Andrei (Mel Ferrer) falls in love with the sister (Audrey Hepburn) of Fonda&#8217;s friend Nikolai (Jeremy Brett) &#8212; but when both Andrei and Nikolai go off to fight, Hepburn is seduced by Ekberg&#8217;s scheming brother (Vittorio Gassman), thus putting her romance with Andrei in jeopardy.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anita Ekberg Films<\/li>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Henry Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>King Vidor Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Mel Ferrer Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nKing Vidor directed this sprawling, 3-1\/2 hour adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_and_Peace\">Leo Tolstoy&#8217;s epic novel<\/a>, with many characters and scenes necessarily reduced but the story&#8217;s essential narrative threads kept intact. Hepburn is well-cast (and luminously beautiful) as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natasha_Rostova\">Natasha Rostova<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn8.png 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and it&#8217;s satisfying seeing her romanced on-screen by her real-life husband Ferrer. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ferrer-Hepburn.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gassman &#8212; soon to star as a boxer in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82666\"><em>Big Deal on Madonna Street<\/em> (1958)<\/a> &#8212; is appropriately smarmy and charming as the man who manages to cruelly seduce Natasha away from her true love: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Gassman.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Ekberg is likewise well-cast (in her breakthrough role) as a woman so sexy that Fonda throws all better sense out the window to marry her. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Ekberg-Lying.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it&#8217;s universally agreed that middle-aged Fonda was <em>not<\/em> a good choice to play the central young protagonist Nikolai. Whenever he refers to Natasha as &#8220;Na-TASH-a&#8221; you hear Fonda&#8217;s folksy American roots &#8212; and his delivery of the line &#8220;Damn you, Napoleon; damn you to hell!&#8221; is appropriately lambasted. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Damn-You-Napoleon.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biggest &#8220;stars&#8221; of this film, however, are Jack Cardiff&#8217;s consistently stunning cinematography and the fine historical sets and costumes, which are a pleasure to behold. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Fog.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a story entitled <em>War and Peace<\/em>, you can expect to see plenty of battles and troops, which are indeed on ample display here, all effectively framed in VistaVision. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle.png 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, while Hepburn fans will surely want to see her in this central 1950s starring vehicle &#8212; made in between <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20179\"><em>Sabrina<\/em> (1954)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20116\"><em>Funny Face<\/em> (1957)<\/a> &#8212; it&#8217;s not must-see for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Cardiff&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Hepburn4.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Snow.png 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rich sets and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Sets.png 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-1024x540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-82832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4-512x270.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/War-and-Peace-Battle4.png 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049934\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1956\/08\/22\/archives\/screen-war-and-peace-the-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/95063\/war-and-peace#articles-reviews?articleId=79836\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trailersfromhell.com\/audrey-hepburn-7-movie-collection\/\">Trailers From Hell Review (scroll down to third review)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;War is the most horrible thing in life.&#8221; Synopsis: In Napoleonic-era Russia, the illegitimate son (Henry Fonda) of a dying count marries a beautiful woman (Anita Ekberg) who simply wants his inheritance. 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