Moschino is making a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace

A TV series based on Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace will be filmed in Russia. TV channel Russia, online cinemas Kinopoisk and Start have joined forces to work on this series.

This information was published by the agency TASS. Film company Moskino is engaged in production, and the director of the series was Sergei Ursulyak, known for his work on such projects as Life and Fate, Quiet Don, Liquidation and Righteous.

Information about the performers of the main roles is not yet disclosed. The last screen version of War and Peace at the moment is a British six-part series created by Andrew Davies and Tom Harper, where the main roles played by Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton.