Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Natalya (Natasha) Rostova
Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov
Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov
Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova
Napoleon Bonaparte
Hélène Bezukhova
Prince Anatole Kuragin
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky
Count Ilya Rostov
Balaga