War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

Produced by Mosfilm

196698 min7.2 / 10

A sweeping period romance centered on Natasha's emotional awakening and romantic entanglements amid the constraints of 19th-century Russian aristocratic society.

As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father demands they wait, the prince travels abroad, leaving Natasha in desperate longing. But she meets Anatol Kuragin and forgets Andrei. Part two of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

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