In present-day Moscow, a young mother, whose husband is away at war, tells her two children the story of War and Peace, the classic masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. Through the captivating narration of Andrei and Pierre's love for Natasha, the shared fate of all the book's heroes unfolds, swept away in the whirlpool and devastation of the Napoleonic Wars. A tribute to the greatness of man and the value of peace.