In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery.

• Leo Tolstoy
• Sergey Bondarchuk
• Vasiliy Solovyov

• Boris Zakhava
• Ludmila Savelyeva
• Sergey Bondarchuk