War and Peace (1956) (1956)

Natasha Rostov: Did you notice he almost never smiles? While I was singing, I turned around suddenly and caught him looking at me and he was smiling then. And I felt - but it's almost impossible to describe - I felt as if someone had given me the most enormous, beautiful present.

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Pierre Bezukhov: I have sinned, Lord, but I have several excellent excuses.

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Napoleon: [Thinking to himself as he gazes through the window] Already the wild geese are flying south. What if we are trapped here through winter?

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Henry Fonda later admitted he had known from the beginning that he was too old for his character, and had only made the film for the money.
For the filming of the epic battle scenes, the producers hired 65 physicians, dressed them as soldiers and scattered them throughout the location to take care of any extras or stuntmen who might get injured during filming of the scenes.
King Vidor directed the huge Battle of Borodino sequence himself rather than leave it to a second unit director as was the custom.
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