Lacks authentic Russian feel. Needed a Selznick to direct this vast canvas on the scale of Gone With The Wind. Fonda miscast but Hepburn and Brett are better. Voice-over scenes are most touching! Fade-outs between scenes a mistake. Some scenes too long., others hardly exist. Rota score underwhelming. Worst line: "Moscow's on fire! How terrible!" (Sonia). Best lines: "He (Andre's father) was the first person in the whole world to disapprove of me. I suppose you're not really grown up till that happens to you" (Natasha). Trivia: In real life, Audrey Hepburn's partner at the time of her death became partner of Henry Fonda's widow.
Review of War and Peace
