War and Peace (Criterion Collection)

This epic Russian-made adaptation of Tolstoy's Napoleonic novel took five years and $100,000,000 to make! Grand vignettes of human drama are framed by astounding battle scenes, including one that featured over 120,000 extras. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, director Sergei Bondarchuk's remains a sprawling, faithful version of the literary classic. Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Saveleva, and Boris Zakhava star. 6 3/4 hrs. On two discs.