Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov
Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov
Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova
Hélène Bezukhova
Prince Anatole Kuragin
Natalya (Natasha) Rostova
Napoleon Bonaparte
Princess Marya Bolkonskaya
Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky