The series, adapted for television by screenwriter Andrew Davies and directed by Tom Harper, will star actors Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton in the main roles of Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, respectively.
"War and Peace" is being produced by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point. Filming will begin in January 2015 in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Charlotte Moore, Controller at BBC One, said that “War and Peace will be a major event drama on BBC One and it is only fitting that Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece has attracted such a fine cast of actors to Andrew Davies’ stunning scripts.”
