War & Peace

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

• Ep 1

  1.Name Day

  29-09-197244m

  St. Natalia's Day, 1805. While the Count fusses over preparations for dinner, the Countess Rostov, her eldest daughter Vera and old friend Princess Drubetskoya receive callers. Mad...

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• Ep 2

  2.Sounds of War

  05-10-197260m

  At one of her soirees, Anna Scherer suggests Princess Maria Bolkonskya to Vasili Kuragin as a suitable match for his wayward son Anatole. Also bending Vasili's ear is Princes Drube...

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• Ep 3

  3.Skirmish at Schöngraben

  12-10-197260m

  Austrian General Mack is defending Ulm from Napoleon's army. When the Prince of Liechtenstein arrives at Napoleon's headquarters to negotiate terms on Mack's behalf, Napoleon consi...

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• Ep 4

  4.A Letter and Two Proposals

  19-10-197260m

  The Russian army has fallen back to Austerlitz. A letter containing the news that Nikolai has both been wounded and made an officer reaches the Rostov household. Matchmaking again,...

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• Ep 5

  5.Austerlitz

  26-10-197260m

  Napoleon sends General Savary to the Tsar to tell him how much his support of Austria wounds him, but also to learn Marshal Kutuzov's next move. Nikolai is reunited with Boris at h...

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• Ep 6

  6.Reunion

  02-11-197260m

  Twenty thousand men have died at Austerlitz and Marshal Kutuzov has written to Prince Bolkonsky to inform him that Andrei is among them. Maria is afraid to pass on this news to And...

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• Ep 7

  7.New Beginnings

  09-11-197260m

  Pierre learns that Dolohov is Helene's lover and, at a banquet hosted by Count Rostov in Kutuzov's honor, he is deliberately provoked by his rival. When Dolohov announces aloud tha...

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• Ep 8

  8.A Beautiful Tale

  16-11-197260m

  Andrei is weary of life, but meeting Natasha at the Rostov family home prompts him to reappraise his feelings. Lieutenant Berg, who is set to marry Vera Rostov, discusses the quest...

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• Ep 9

  9.Leave of Absence

  23-11-197260m

  At Bald Hills, Andrei tells his father that he plans to marry Natasha Rostova. Prince Bolkonsky is not enthusiastic about the match and suggest that Andrei postpones the marriage f...

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• Ep 10

  10.Madness

  30-11-197260m

  Leaving the Countess behind in Petersburg, the Count, Natasha and Sonya return to Moscow. Natasha's godmother, Maria Dmitrievna, is also staying with them. She informs Natasha that...

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• Ep 11

  11.Men of Destiny

  07-12-197260m

  Napoleon's former chief of police, Fouche, brings the Emperor a memorandum in which he has set down the reason why he thinks the French army should not invade Russia. Napoleon deci...

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• Ep 12

  12.Fortunes of War

  14-12-197260m

  As Napoleon's army advances towards Moscow, Pierre, Count Rostov and Petya attend a meeting at which Governor-General Rostopchin reads a proclamation from the Tsar. It states that...

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• Ep 13

  13.Borodino

  21-12-197260m

  Julia Karagina, who is now married to Boris Drubetskoy, pays a visit to the Rostovs and they discuss the prospect of leaving Moscow. Petya has joined a Cossack regiment but in line...

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• Ep 14

  14.Escape

  28-12-197260m

  The battle of Borodino is over, neither side having the energy to fight on. The loss of life has been as considerable as Kutuzov predicted. Pierre makes his way back to Moscow wher...

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• Ep 15

  15.Moscow

  04-01-197360m

  Napoleon arrives in a deserted Moscow and is angered that there is no deputation of noblemen to meet him there. Pierre is still at his home, a fact which surprises his servant Gera...

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• Ep 16

  16.Two Meetings

  11-01-197360m

  Andrei wakes and remembers his time in a field hospital immediately after the battle of Borodino and the fate of Anatole Kuragin. He wishes that he could see Natasha again as he re...

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• Ep 17

  17.Of Life and Death

  18-01-197360m

  At Yaroslvl, Natasha is nursing Andrei. She has received a letter from Maria and tells Andrei that she and Nikolenka are well. In Moscow, Pierre is questioned by marshal Davout, wh...

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• Ep 18

  18.The Retreat

  25-01-197360m

  Marshal Berthier tries to persuade a reluctant Napoleon that they should leave Moscow and return to France, while Marshal Davout believes that they should sit out the winter there....

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• Ep 19

  19.The Road to Life

  01-02-197360m

  At Yaroslavl, Natasha and Maria are still mourning the death of Andrei. Maria suggests that Natasha should come with her to Moscow, but she declines. When news reaches the Rostovs...

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• Ep 20

  20.An Epilogue

  08-02-197360m

  Russia, 1820. Natasha and her children are staying with Nikolai and Maria at Bald Hills while Pierre is away. Nikolai falls asleep and thinks back to the year after the burning of...

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