| Peter the Great | |
|---|---|
 Official movie poster | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Petrov |
| Written by | Vladimir Petrov Aleksey Tolstoy Nikolay Leshchenko |
| Starring | Nikolay Simonov Nikolai Cherkasov Alla Tarasova Mikhail Zharov Viktor Dobrovolsky |
| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Gordanov Vladimir Yakovlev |
| Edited by | N. Kerstens |
| Music by | Vladimir Shcherbachov |
Production company | |
Release date | 1937/38 |
Running time | 96 min./96 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Первый, romanized: Pyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I.
Cast
- Nikolai Simonov as Tsar Pyotr I
- Mikhail Zharov as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- Nikolay Cherkasov as Prince Alexei
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Field Marshal Boris Sheremetev
- Viktor Dobrovolsky as Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
- Alla Tarasova as Catherine, a peasant girl
- Konstantin Gibshman as Buinosov, the boyar
- Nikolai Orlov as Yemov
- Fyodor Bogdanov as Foundry Owner
- Vladimir Gardin as Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
Awards
- Prize at an exhibition in Paris (1937)
- Stalin Prize (1941) I Class – Mikhail Zharov, Vladimir Petrov, Nikolay Simonov
External links
- Peter the Great at IMDb Peter the Great I
- Peter the Great at IMDb Peter the Great II
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