Peter the First, Part I

2h 25m

Drama War History

4.7

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

Nikolai Simonov

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Nikolai Cherkasov

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Field Marshal Sheremetyev

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor

Catherine, a peasant girl

Konstantin Gibshman

Buinosov, the boyar

Fyodor Bogdanov

Aleksandr Larikov

Nikolai Litvinov

Vladimir Romashkov

Steward Lavrenty Lykov (uncredited)

Leonid Alekseev

Crew

Vladimir Petrov

Director, Writer

Aleksei Tolstoy

Vyacheslav Gardanov

Director of Photography

Vladimir Yakovlev

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Boris Sokratilin

Adrian Piotrovskiy

Nikolai Suvorov

Production Design

Vladimir Shcherbachov

Original Music Composer