Given how much quality television there is to watch at the moment, you can be forgiven if something manages to pass you by, but today we are giving some lucky readers the opportunity to catch up with an adaptation of literary classic. “War & Peace” brings Tolstoy’s book to life across an eight-episode miniseries and today we have some copies on Blu-ray and DVD to give away.
Starring Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton, Gillian Anderson and Brian Cox, and directed by Tom Harper, the drama drops viewers into 1805 where Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei are all part of St. Petersburg’s glittering elite, but are fired-up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. Kind-hearted but awkward Pierre, the illegitimate son of Russia’s richest man, wants to change the world for the better. Handsome and gallant Andrei, frustrated with the superficiality of his life, seeks a purpose, while the beautiful and spirited Natasha is searching for true love. At the same time Napoleon’s army edges ever closer to Russia’s borders. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.
It’s a lavish production, and in the exclusive featurette above, you’ll see how composer Martin Phipps created the musical score to background this epic story.
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“War & Peace” is on home video today.
Update: Contest closed, winners will be contacted via email.