War And Peace (2007 Miniseries)
''War and Peace'' (french: Guerre et Paix, it, Guerra e pace) is a 2007 French-Italian miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. It was broadcast in Italy (Rai 1), Belgium ( RTBF), in France (France 2) and in Russia ( Telekanal Rossiya) in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace'', which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities. Cast * Alexander Beyer as Pierre Bezukhov * Clémence Poésy as Natasha Rostova * Alessio Boni as Andrei Bolkonsky * Malcolm McDowell as Prince Bolkonsky, The father * Andrea Giordana as Count Rostov * Brenda Blethyn as Márja Dmitriyevna Achrosímova * Violante Placido as Helene Kuragina * Toni Bertorelli as Vasily Kuragin * Hannelore Elsner as Countess Rostova * Benjamin Sadler as Dolokhov * Pilar Abella as Mademoiselle Bourienne * Ken Duken as Anatole Kuragin * Hary Prinz as Denisov * Vladimir Ilyin as Kutuzov * Dimitri Isayev as Nikolai Rostov * V ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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War And Peace
''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. It is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary achievement and remains an internationally praised classic of world literature. The novel chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version, titled ''The Year 1805'', were serialized in ''The Russian Messenger'' from 1865 to 1867 before the novel was published in its entirety in 1869.Knowles, A. V. ''Leo Tolstoy'', Routledge 1997. Tolstoy said that the best Russian literature does not conform to standards and hence hesitated to classify ''War and Peace'', saying it is "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Violante Placido
Maria Violante Placido (; born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. Early life Placido was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Career Film Her film debut was alongside her father in '' Quattro bravi ragazzi'' (1993), and later took part in ''Jack Frusciante Left the Band''. Her first important role was in '' L'anima gemella'', directed by Sergio Rubini. Placido's other movies include '' Ora o mai più'', by Lucio Pellegrini, ''Che ne sarà di noi'', by Giovanni Veronesi, and ''Ovunque sei'', directed by her father. In 2006, she starred in Pupi Avati's comedy '' La cena per farli conoscere'', released in 2007. In March 2009, she played a role in the Hindi movie '' Barah Aana''. She also played the title role as Moana Pozzi in the 2009 miniseries ''Moana''. In 2010, she appeared alongside George Clooney in the drama-thriller '' The American''. Placido played Nadya in the 2011 film '' Ghost Rider ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Igor Kostolevsky
Igor Matveyevich Kostolevsky (russian: Игорь Матвеевич Костолевский; born 10 September 1948) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He has received the People's Artist of Russia title in 1995. Kostolevsky is best known for starring in the films '' Teheran 43'' and ''The Captivating Star of Happiness''. Biography Early life and career Igor Kostolevsky was born September 10, 1948 in Moscow, the son of Matvey Matveyevich Kostolevsky and Vitta Semyonovna Kostolevskaya. His family is Jewish. After graduation he worked as a tester at the Research Institute of Quartz Industry for two years. In 1967-1968 he studied at the Moscow Construction Institute. In 1973 he graduated from GITIS, the course of Andrei Goncharov. In the same year he entered the troupe of the Mayakovsky Theatre. Igor Kostolevsky played more than 50 roles in the theater, including Misha Rumyantsev ("Relatives" of Emil Braginsky and Eldar Ryazanov), Metchik ("The rout" of Alexander Fade ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frédéric Gorny
Frédéric Gorny (born 6 September 1973, in Asnières-sur-Seine Asnières-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometres from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of ...) is a French actor known for his role as attorney Pierre Clément on the television series ''Cherif''. He performed in more than forty films since 1994. Select filmography External links * 1973 births Living people People from Asnières-sur-Seine French male television actors French male stage actors {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Napoléon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the ''de facto'' leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon's political and cultural legacy endures to this day, as a highly celebrated and controversial leader. He initiated many liberal reforms that have persisted in society, and is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His wars and campaigns are studied by militaries all over the world. Between three and six million civilians and soldiers perished in what became known as the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica, not long after ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valentina Cervi
Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1976) is an Italian film and television actress. Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of actor Gino Cervi. Her mother is the Italian producer of Austrian-Hungarian origin Marina Gefter. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film ''Portami la luna''. She also played an English-language role in Jane Campion's 1996 '' The Portrait of a Lady''. One of her most acclaimed roles was the lead in the 1997 film '' Artemisia'', directed by Agnès Merlet. It was loosely based on the painter Artemisia Gentileschi's life, but controversially portrayed the relationship between Agostino Tassi (played by Miki Manojlović) and Artemisia as a passionate affair rather than as rape. In 2011, she appeared as Arianna in BBC TV's Italian detective mini-series ''Zen''. She also appeared as "Valentina" in Canale 5's series ''Distretto di Polizia'' in 2011. Cervi appeared as Bertha Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dimitri Isayev (actor)
Dimitri Alekseyevich Isayev (also '' tr.'' Dmitriy Isaev, russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Исаев; born 23 January 1973) is a Russian actor. He had prominent roles in film and television. Early life Isayev was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, into a family with strong connections to the performing arts through his parents' involvement with the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (the son of a famous Soviet actor Vladislav Strzhelchik). He studied violin and piano. Isayev held various jobs prior to entering the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy from which he subsequently graduated in 1996. He served in the theater "Russian Enterprise" named after Andrei Mironov, "Comedian's Shelter" in the Komissarjevsky Theatre. In parallel, he worked fitness trainer, a masseur a store manager and was involved in dance, writing and song arranging. He appeared on television and radio programs. He was the second director in dubbing and film scoring. Personal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kutuzov
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kutuzov Graf von Smolensk; – ) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as a military officer and a diplomat under the reign of three Romanov monarchs: Empress Catherine II, and Emperors Paul I and Alexander I. Kutuzov was shot in the head twice while fighting the Turks (1774 and 1788) and survived the serious injuries seemingly against all odds. He defeated Napoleon as commander-in-chief using attrition warfare in the Patriotic war of 1812. Alexander I, the incumbent Tsar during Napoleon's invasion, would write that he would be remembered amongst Europe's most famous commanders and that Russia would never forget his worthiness. Early career Mikhail Kutuzov was born in Saint Petersburg on 16 September 1745. His father, Lieut ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vladimir Ilyin (actor)
Vladimir Adolfovich Ilyin (russian: Влади́мир Адо́льфович Ильи́н; born 16 November 1947) is a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 1999. Early life Vladimir Ilyin was born in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...). In 1969 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theatre School (course F. Grigoryan). He worked in the theater "Buffoon" under the direction of G. Yudenich in Kazan Youth Theater. From 1974 to 1989 he worked in the theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky led by A. Goncharov. Personal life Wife Zoe Ilyina (née Pylnova), Short voice. Nephew - Aleksandr Ilyin, Jr. Russian actor. Selected filmography Vladimir Ilyin has starred in ove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ken Duken
Ken Duken (born 17 April 1979) is a German actor and director. Early life Ken Duken is the third child of film and stage actress Christina Loeb; his father is a doctor. Duken never attended a drama school but took courses in drama, including under James Reynold. The actor initially played various theatre roles, including in such plays as '' Der Besuch der alten Dame'' (The visit of the old lady), '' Das Haus in Montevideo'' (The house in Montevideo) and in various Shakespeare plays. He debuted as a film actor in 1997, playing a small role in the television crime film ''Blutiger Ernst'' alongside Nadja Uhl and Daniel Brühl. Career Duken played his first major role on a movie screen in 1999, alongside Franka Potente and Heiner Lauterbach in Friedemann Fromm's ' (''Schlaraffenland''). That same year he starred in Miguel Alexandre's drama ''Gran Paradiso'', which was nominated for the German Film Award. For this film, in which he plays Mark, a young wheelchair user, he completed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Sadler
Benjamin Sadler (born Benjamin Klimaschewski; 12 February 1971) is a German actor. Biography Sadler was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as ''Wolffs Revier'' and ''SK-Babies''. In 2001 he appeared in the German-Italian film ''Maria Magdalena'' in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn. In 2002 he worked on two further religious films: '' The Bible – The Apocalypse'' with Richard Harris and ''Luther'' with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov. He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus (Peter O'Toole was the emperor in later life). In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film ''Dresden''. In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomide-disabled daught ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |