War and Peace is the first film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.

It was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film and it had Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (King Vidor), Best Cinematography, Color (Jack Cardiff) and Best Costume Design, Color (Maria De Matteis).

See also

• War and Peace - book by Leo Tolstoy
• War and Peace - 1968 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk

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1956 films | Drama films | War films | Best Director Academy Award nominees | Best Cinematographer Academy Award nominees | Costume Design Academy Award nominees | Period films | Films over three hours long | Paramount films

Krieg und Frieden (1956) | Guerra e pace (film 1956) | Война и мир (фильм, 1956)