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May 3, 2015 / 10:33 AM

Lily James, Gillian Anderson to star in 'War and Peace' miniseries for A&E

Actress Lily James attends the premiere for the film "Cinderella" in Tokyo, Japan, on April 8, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI

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NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) -- A small-screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's literary classic War and Peace is to air simultaneously on Lifetime, A&E and History later this year.

The six-part miniseries will star Lily James, Gillian Anderson, James Norton, Paul Dano and Jim Broadbent, Deadline reported.

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The co-production with The Weinstein Co. and the BBC will follow the lives of a group of aristocrats in early 19th century Russia.

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