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This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.Read moreLess
This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.
The story
This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.
Cast & crew
Nikolai SimonovTsar Pyotr I
Mikhail ZharovAlexander Danilovich Menshikov
Nikolai CherkasovPrince Alexei
Mikhail TarkhanovField Marshal Sheremetyev
Viktor DobrovolskyYaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
Alla TarasovaCatherine, a peasant girl
Fyodor BogdanovFoundry Owner
Aleksandr LarikovOld SoldierExplore the crew
- Director
- Vladimir Petrov
- Director of Photography
- Vyacheslav Gardanov
- Writer
- Vladimir Petrov
- Producer
- Boris Sokratilin
- Director of Photography
- Vladimir Yakovlev
- Writer
- Aleksei Tolstoy
- Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Shcherbachov
- Producer
- Adrian Piotrovskiy