A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast with Ally Pitts3 Jan 2021

War and Peace (Sergei Bondarchuk; 1966)

Lyn Seren, host of Gentlemen Don't Get Caught: An R.E.M. Podcast joins Ally Pitts to discuss this suitably epic adaptation of Lev Tolstoy's famous masterpiece.

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