Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Natasha Rostova, a young Russian aristocrat, meets prince Andrey Bolkonskiy at a ball and immediately falls in love with him.

The penultimate installment to Sergei Bondarchuk's titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation. It is 1812 and Napoleon's armies are crossing into Russia.