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War and Peace

Genre

Period film

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg

Directed by

King Vidor

War and Peace

Genre

Period film

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg

Directed by

King Vidor
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Where it was filmed 'War and Peace'

The adaptation of Tolstoy’s famous novel, directed by King Vidor in 1956, was shot entirely in Italy: in Piedmont and the Cinecittà Studios of Rome, using special effects to recreate the freezing winter which was more responsible for Napoleon’s defeat than the Russian army. The Moscow of Alexander I was built outside Turin.

Napoleon and Alexander I meet in Tilsit Castle, in Eastern Prussia, recreated in Turin’s Castello del Valentino, whose courtyard provided the location for the scene of the peace treaty following the battle of Friedland won by the French in 1807. The Tsar’s residence is set in the Palazzina di Caccia in Stupinigi, hamlet of the municipality of Nichelino (TO). Here, in a ghostly, smoke-filled Moscow, an agitated Napoleon waits (in vain) for the Russian delegation to surrender. Villa Thaon di Revel, a hunting lodge in Ternavasso, near Poirino (TO) serves as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky’s residence, while the interiors are those of the Reggia di Stupinigi. In Piazza Castello (Turin), Palazzo Madama provided the interiors, especially the entrance staircase, for the court ball attended by Natasha Rostova. Promised to Andrei Bolkonsky, she is seduced by Antatole Kuragin whom she meets at the theatre, shot at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. Stopped before she can compromise herself, she loses Andrei forever: he is later seriously wounded in battle and Natasha will tend to him at the Convento di San Cosimato in Rome.

As for the war scenes, the famous Battle of Austerlitz was fought in the countryside of Pinerolo (TO), the doomed French retreat in Cesana, Ulzio and Lagoscuro. Scenes with real snow were shot near Sestriere and the sleigh race in Cesana. The Battle of Beresina of 1812, a Russian victory during the French retreat, was filmed in the snow on the banks of the River Po between Casale Monferrato and Valenza (AL). Pierre Bezukhov and Andrei Bolkonsky meet in Felonca (MN).

Where it was filmed 'War and Peace'

The adaptation of Tolstoy’s famous novel, directed by King Vidor in 1956, was shot entirely in Italy: in Piedmont and the Cinecittà Studios of Rome, using special effects to recreate the freezing winter which was more responsible for Napoleon’s defeat than the Russian army. The Moscow of Alexander I was built outside Turin.

Napoleon and Alexander I meet in Tilsit Castle, in Eastern Prussia, recreated in Turin’s Castello del Valentino, whose courtyard provided the location for the scene of the peace treaty following the battle of Friedland won by the French in 1807. The Tsar’s residence is set in the Palazzina di Caccia in Stupinigi, hamlet of the municipality of Nichelino (TO). Here, in a ghostly, smoke-filled Moscow, an agitated Napoleon waits (in vain) for the Russian delegation to surrender. Villa Thaon di Revel, a hunting lodge in Ternavasso, near Poirino (TO) serves as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky’s residence, while the interiors are those of the Reggia di Stupinigi. In Piazza Castello (Turin), Palazzo Madama provided the interiors, especially the entrance staircase, for the court ball attended by Natasha Rostova. Promised to Andrei Bolkonsky, she is seduced by Antatole Kuragin whom she meets at the theatre, shot at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. Stopped before she can compromise herself, she loses Andrei forever: he is later seriously wounded in battle and Natasha will tend to him at the Convento di San Cosimato in Rome.

As for the war scenes, the famous Battle of Austerlitz was fought in the countryside of Pinerolo (TO), the doomed French retreat in Cesana, Ulzio and Lagoscuro. Scenes with real snow were shot near Sestriere and the sleigh race in Cesana. The Battle of Beresina of 1812, a Russian victory during the French retreat, was filmed in the snow on the banks of the River Po between Casale Monferrato and Valenza (AL). Pierre Bezukhov and Andrei Bolkonsky meet in Felonca (MN).

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Data sheet

Genre
Period film
Directed by
King Vidor
Cast
Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg
Country of production
Italy, USA
Year
1956
Setting year
1805-1812
Production

Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti

Plot

From the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The story of two aristocratic Russian families against the backdrop of Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia during the reign of Tsar Alexander I.

The locations

Castello del Valentino – Torino
Region: Piemonte Type: Castle Territory: City
Cinecittà Studios
Region: Lazio Type: Theatre Territory: City, Suburbs
Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi
Region: Piemonte Type: Palazzo Territory: Countryside, Lowland / plain
Piazza Castello – Torino
Region: Piemonte Type: Square Territory: Historical centre, City
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Theatre Territory: Historical centre, City
Rome
Region: Lazio Type: City Territory: Historical centre, City, Suburbs

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