<Li> War and Peace (2007): produced by the Italian Lux Vide, a TV mini-series in Russian & English co-produced in Russia, France, Germany, Poland and Italy . Directed by Robert Dornhelm, with screenplay written by Lorenzo Favella, Enrico Medioli and Gavin Scott . It features an international cast with Alexander Beyer playing the lead role of Pierre assisted by Malcolm McDowell, Clémence Poésy, Alessio Boni, Pilar Abella, J. Kimo Arbas, Ken Duken, Juozapas Bagdonas and Toni Bertorelli . </Li> <Li> On 8 December 2015, Russian state television channel Russia - K began a four - day broadcast of a reading of the novel, one volume per day, involving 1,300 readers in over 30 cities . </Li> <Li> War & Peace (2016): The BBC aired a six - part adaptation of the novel scripted by Andrew Davies on BBC One in 2016 . </Li> <Ul> <Li> English progressive rock band Yes's song "The Gates of Delirium" from their 1974 album Relayer was inspired by War and Peace </Li> </Ul>

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