A six-part miniseries (broadcast as four two-hour episodes in the US). Production: Written by Andrew Davies (known for the 1995 Pride and Prejudice ) and directed by Tom Harper
The series follows five aristocratic families during the Napoleonic Wars in early 19th-century Russia.
The story begins in 1805 at a party hosted by Anna Pavlovna Scherer, where the Russian nobility discusses the impending war with Napoleon. The Bezukhov family, particularly the old Count Bezukhov and his son Pierre, who is a socially awkward but morally principled young man, are central to the narrative. Pierre's inheritance of his father's vast fortune makes him a target for various social climbers.
—whose fortunes rise and fall as Napoleon Bonaparte’s army advances toward their borders. The Core Trio