In historical scale and ambition, this trumps the likes of Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Waterloo, the lot; and there's still 5 hours left to see! Prolific actor-director Sergei Bondarchuk stars in what could be the magnum opus not only of his career, but all Soviet cinema.
There's something that practical effects hold over CGI, and this contempletative editing style holds over the rushed intercutting of modern equivalents like Napoleon (2023) that truly make this a unique film, unlikely if not impossible to recreate.
