The Fascinating Story Behind Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1968 Epic War and Peace. By Bilge Ebiri, a film critic for New York and Vulture. Feb. 15, 2019. save d. Save this article to read it later.

In October 1968, during the Paris Peace Talks, the U.S. was ready to agree to cease bombing Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam, in exchange for concessions that would halt the decades-long ...