Episode 4
Drama series set in Russia in the early 19th century, based on Tolstoy's novel. Natasha is shocked by Andrei's decision to delay the wedding and travel abroad for a year.
Andrei is in love, but his father is set against him marrying Natasha and insists on a long engagement to keep them apart. Natasha is overjoyed when Andrei proposes but shocked by his decision to delay the wedding and travel abroad for a year. She distracts herself by spending time on the Rostovs country estate, hunting and getting a taste of Moscow peasant life. But when the time comes to return to Moscow society, temptation crosses her path, and she finds her love for Andrei tested.
Nikolai's romance with the impoverished Sonya is also under pressure. Countess Rostova wishes her son to marry into wealth and has a new candidate in mind with a huge fortune behind her. Anna Mikhailovna is on the lookout for an heiress to marry Boris, too - although he is more concerned to move up in society. His unwitting patron is Pierre, who is growing steadily more depressed about his failure to find meaning in his life. Marya is unhappy too, when her father's behaviour takes a cruel turn for the worse.
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βI canβt just command my feelings!β
Duration: 02:09
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Pierre Bezukhov | Paul Dano |
Natasha Rostova | Lily James |
Andrei Bolkonsky | James Norton |
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky | Jim Broadbent |
Uncle Mikhail | Kenneth Cranham |
Boris Drubetskoy | Aneurin Barnard |
Marya Bolkonskaya | Jessie Buckley |
Fedya Dolokhov | Tom Burke |
Count Ilya Rostov | Adrian Edmondson |
Anisya | Kate Fleetwood |
Anna Drubetskaya | Rebecca Front |
Bilibin | Rory Keenan |
Sonya Rostova | Aisling Loftus |
Nikolai Rostov | Jack Lowden |
Helene Bezukhova | Tuppence Middleton |
Julie Karagina | Chloe Pirrie |
Mademoiselle Bourienne | Olivia Ross |
Countess Natalya Rostova | Greta Scacchi |
Anatole Kuragin | Callum Turner |
Writer | Andrew Davies |
Producer | Julia Stannard |
Director | Tom Harper |
Broadcast
- Sun 24 Jan 2016 21:00
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