''Demidovs'' () is a 1983 Soviet biographical drama film directed by
Yaropolk Lapshin.
Plot
The first series shows the relationship of the Demidovs with
Peter the Great
Peter I (, ;
– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...
.
Akinfiy Demidov
Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov () (1678 Tula - 5 August 1745 Yatskoye Ustye, Menzelinsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate) was a Russian industrialist of the Demidov family.
Life
He was the eldest son of Nikita Demidov and increased the family fortune ...
in a short time was able to establish the production of pig iron and cannons, thanks to which Russia won a number of significant victories. In the second series, Akinfiy becomes the master in the
Urals
The Ural Mountains ( ),; , ; , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural (river), Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. and was able to oppose the ruler Biron, distinguished by cruelty and cunning.
Cast
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Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in ...
as Nikita Antufiev-Demidov
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Vadim Spiridonov
Vadim Semyonovich Spiridonov (; 14 October 1944 – 7 December 1989) was a Soviet film actor, film director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (1979), Winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1980).
Biography ...
as Akinfiy Demidov
* Aleksandr Lazarev as Petr I
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Early life
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyac ...
as Menshikov
*
Mikhail Kozakov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov (; 14 October 1934, Leningrad – 22 April 2011, Ramat Gan) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli film and theatre director and actor.
Biography Early life
Mikhail Kozakov was born on 14 October 1934 in Leningrad, the y ...
as Biron
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Tatyana Tashkova as Marya
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Lyubov Polekhina as Yevdokiya Korobkova-Demidova
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Lyudmila Chursina
Lyudmila Alexeyevna Chursina (born 20 July 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1962. In 1981 she was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. ...
as Yekaterina I
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Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina Lidiya is a feminine given name.
People
*Lidiya Alekseyeva (1924-2014) Russian basketball player
*Lidiya Alfeyeva (born 1946), a Soviet long jumper
*Lidiya Belozyorova (1945–2022), Ukrainian actresses
*Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990), a major S ...
as Anna Ioannovna
*
Valeriy Zolotukhin as Panteley
Демидовы (1984) Full Cast & Crew
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References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0085421
1983 films 1980s Soviet films
1980s Russian-language films
Soviet biographical drama films
1980s biographical drama films
Cultural depictions of Peter the Great
Russian-language biographical drama films