WAR AND PEACE
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The great Rimas Tuminas’ final Moscow production, the epic “War and Peace”, focuses on its three families as a microcosm of the human condition. The Napoleonic Wars become the background for the lives, ambitions, hopes and sorrows of the open-hearted Rostovs, the honorable and uncompromising Bolkonskys, and the arrogant and ravishing Kuragins. Tuminas creates, explores and comprehends destinies, paradoxes, madness, love, joy and despair. The world he presents to the audience is a beautiful, aesthetic, theatrical and fragile one, but one at constant risk of being destroyed by the ominous comet that is already in the sky above.
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Vakhtangov Theatre
Presented in Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 4 hours and 21 minutes (including 10 min intermission)
Photos by Aleksandra Torgushnikova, Kirill Zykov,
Yana Ovchinnikova, Yulia Gubina
CREATIVE TEAM
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Directed by Rimas Tuminas
Set Design by Adomas Jacovskis
Composer Giedrius Puskunigis
Lighting Design by Alexandr Matveev
Choreographed by Anželika Cholina
Costumes by Mariya Danilova
Adaptation of the Texts of the novel by L.N. Tolstoy – Maria Peters
CAST
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Natasha Rostova – Kseniya Treyster
Andrey Bolkonsky – Yury Polyak
Pierre Bezukhov – Denis Samoylov
Count Ilya Rostov – Sergey Makovetsky
Natalya Rostova – Irina Kupchenko
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky – Evgeny Knyazev
Maria Peronskaya – Lyudmila Maksakova
Vera Rostova – Asya Domskaya
​Nikolay Rostov – Yriy Tsokurov
Sonya Rostova – Irina Smirnova
Maria Bolkonskaya – Polina Chernyshova
Liza Bolkonskaya – Maria Rival
Mademoiselle Bourienne – Anastasia Zhdanova
Prince Vasily Kuragin – Yury Shlykov
Elena (Hélène) Kuragina – Yana Sobolevskaya
Anatole Kuragin – Vladimir Logvinov
Princess Anna Drubetskaya – Marina Esipenko Boris Drubetskoy – Nikolay Romanovskiy
BONUS FEATURES​
RIMAS TUMINAS
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Lithuanian director Rimas Tuminas was undeniably one of the most decorated stage directors in world theatre. His works were and continue to be presented across the globe from Shanghai to New York, and upon taking over as Artistic Director at Moscow's Vakhtangov Theatre, he transformed the legendary theatre into a venue of must-see events. His productions of Eugene Onegin, Uncle Vanya and War & Peace all garnered rave reviews and earned praise from fellow artists, including Ralph Feinnes, who considers Tuminas' Uncle Vanya to be" his "favorite performance, a performance of his heart." In 2014, Tuminas was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in Gallipoli, Apulia (Italy) on March 6, 2024 at the age of 72.
UPCOMING SCREENINGS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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MAY 10
NYC, NY – Symphony Space TICKETS​​​
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MAY 17 & 18
San Jose, CA – 3 Below Theaters TICKETS
MAY 18
Wilmette, IL – The Wilmette Theatre TICKETS
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JUNE 4 & 8
Encino, CA – Laemmle Towncenter TICKETS
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JULY 12
Bryn Mawr, PA – Bryn Mawr Film Institute TICKETS SOON​​
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SEPTEMBER 21
West Newton – West Newton Cinema TICKETS SOON
