通过与贵族艺术鉴赏家娜德则达·佛罗丝卡亚的关系，展现俄罗斯作曲家彼得·伊里奇·柴可夫斯基的生活和工作。

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Part three of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.