The Tolstoy Library

In which Prince Andrew prepares to depart for service, sharing a solemn and tender farewell filled with familial concerns and solemn promises, while the quiet domestic life of the Bolkónski household ...

25 Juni 21min

In which the disciplined and exacting Prince Nicholas Andréevich administers a rigorous and taxing education in geometry to his meek and anxious daughter, Princess Mary, amidst the quiet order of thei...

24 Juni 22min

In which Prince Andrew returns to his family estate, where tender reunions and affectionate conversations reveal the gentle rhythms of domestic life amid the stately halls, as his wife and sister exch...

24 Juni 12min

In which the austere and formidable Prince Bolkónski presides over a dinner that unfolds with a peculiar mix of social rigidity, familial respect, and lively debate on the nature of war and leadership...

24 Juni 10min

In which Pierre finds himself in a solemn chamber, witnessing the sacred rites surrounding his ailing father, Count Bezúkhov, whose stately presence remains undiminished even in frailty. Amidst whispe...

23 Juni 11min

In which a somber gathering convenes beneath the watchful gaze of Catherine the Great’s portrait, where whispered disputes and delicate manoeuvrings unfold around a dying man’s presence, revealing the...

23 Juni 11min

In which Pierre is gently guided through hidden passages and solemn company to visit his ailing father, amid a household stirred with quiet urgency and whispered anxieties. The weight of duty and the ...

23 Juni 11min

In which the somber air of a prominent household is thick with the looming shadow of death and the delicate anxieties of inheritance, as kinsfolk debate the validity and whereabouts of a critical will...

22 Juni 18min