Anatoly Petritsky

Anatoly Petritsky

93 (1931-12-14)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR

Anatoly Petritsky is a Soviet and Russian cinematographer. Awarded the title of Merited Artist of the RSFSR in 1969. Graduate of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Notable projects include War and Peace, Mimino, and A Hunting Accident.

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War and Peace 1968 (7.6)

A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
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Mimino 1977 (7.5)

Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
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War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky 1966 (7.6)

The first film of a four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel. In St. Petersburg of 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a rich nobleman, is introduced to high society. His friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, joins the Imperial Russian Army as aide-de-camp of General Mikhail Kutuzov in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon.