War and Peace

This wartime drama is adapted from the classic novel `War and Peace', by Leo Tolstoy. Paul Dano, James Norton and Lily James star in the leading roles as the scene is set in 1805. Russia is at war with Napoleon Bonaparte, the country is in turmoil and three young lives become entangled in the effects of life, love and loss during this time. The illegitimate son of a dying, wealthy count, Pierre Bezukhov struggles to fit into St Petersburg society, while his close friend Prince Andrei Bolkonsky goes looking for his purpose in life and leaves an unhappy marriage to fight on the front line. Meanwhile, young and beautiful Natasha Rostova is keen to do more with her life and yearns to find love.