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This BAFTA-winning, six-part mini-series directed by UK filmmaker Tom Harper features a first-rate British ensemble cast that includes James Norton, Adrian Edmondson, Tom Burke, Jim Broadbent, Callum Turner and Tuppence Middleton. Skillfully adapted by Welsh screenwriter Andrew Davies, the series is co-produced by BBC Worldwide, Lookout Point and BBC Cymru Wales.

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After Napoleon (Mathieu Kassovitz) invades Russia, the fortunes of three families are followed: the Bezukhovs, the Rostovs and the Bolkonskys. As the conflict reaches its peak, the families navigate how their lives may be irreversibly changed.