![War and Peace [The Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [2019]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91YebRJakXL.jpg)
Seven-hour epic based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. The people of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy.
M**K
Criterion UK's Cancellation
For anyone wondering why this title has suddenly become unavailable, Criterion UK has informed me that it is unable to release W&P without BBFC cuts for scenes of animal cruelty (presumably horse falls). Quite rightly, Criterion does not want to butcher this masterpiece according to the censor's whim, so at present it's a stand-off. For those of us with region-free blu-rays, there is of course the option to buy from America.
A**K
Health & Safety Nutters
Politically correct buffoons at the BBFC have banned this movie because of one horse stunt so I'm having to re-order a US disc. I despise these people. A dividend of Brexit must include throwing these rubbish people out of our national life.
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