Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Vladimir PetrovDirector
- Vladimir PetrovWriter
- Aleksei TolstoyWriter
- Vladimir ShcherbachovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
- Konstantin GibshmanBuinosov, the boyar
- Nikolai OrlovYemov
- Fyodor BogdanovFoundry Owner
- Vladimir GarinCast
- Petr KuznetsovVlazemsky
- Aleksandr LarikovOld Soldier