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Sergey Bondarchuk
Director 1920 - 1994

Sergey Bondarchuk

Belozerka, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian SSR

Sergei Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 — 20 October 1994) was a Soviet director, actor, and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1952). Academy Awards winner (War and Peace, 1969). BAFTA winner (Waterloo, 1971). His directorial debut was Fate of a Man, a WWII classic where... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
Oni srazhalis za rodinu

Oni srazhalis za rodinu

Sergey Bondarchuk 1975 2h 31m

July 1942. Soviet forces are retreating in the face of a massive German onslaught towards Stalingrad. An infantry platoon is tasked with holding a vital hill in order to give their comrades time to cross the Don River and regroup.

Waterloo

Waterloo

Sergey Bondarchuk 1970 2h 14m 6.0

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him.

Voyna i mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov

Voyna i mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov

Sergey Bondarchuk 1967 1h 36m

As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner.

Voyna i mir III: 1812 god

Voyna i mir III: 1812 god

Sergey Bondarchuk 1967 1h 21m

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.

Voyna i mir II: Natasha Rostova

Voyna i mir II: Natasha Rostova

Sergey Bondarchuk 1966 1h 38m

As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father demands they wait, the prince travels abroad, leaving Natasha in desperate longing. But she meets Anatol Kuragin and forgets Andrei. Part two of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

Voyna i mir

Voyna i mir

Sergey Bondarchuk 1966 7h 2m 7.0

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy

Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy

Sergey Bondarchuk 1965 2h 27m

The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel . In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.

Sudba cheloveka

Sudba cheloveka

Sergey Bondarchuk 1959 1h 43m

The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...

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