Peter the Great (russian: Пётр Первый, Pyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part

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, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio

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director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having ...

's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor

Peter I Peter I may refer to: Religious hierarchs * Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus * Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint * Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholicos ...

Cast

Nikolai Simonov Nikolay Konstantionovich Simonov (russian: Николай Константинович Симонов; December 4, 1901 – April 20, 1973) was a Soviet film and stage actor.Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. С. С. М ...

as Tsar Pyotr I *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...

Nikolay Cherkasov Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov (russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Черка́сов; 14 September 1966) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1947). Career He was born in Saint Petersburg (late ...

as Prince Alexei * Mikhail Tarkhanov as Field Marshal

Boris Sheremetev Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count i ...

Viktor Dobrovolsky Viktor Nikolaevich Dobrovolsky (russian: Виктор Николаевич Добровольский; uk, Віктор Миколайович Добровольський; January 23, 1906 – July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and ...

as Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor *

Alla Tarasova Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (russian: А́лла Константи́новна Тара́сова; – 5 April 1973) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and pedagogue. She was a leading actress of Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow ...

as Catherine, a peasant girl *

Konstantin Gibshman The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. ...

as Buinosov, the boyar * Nikolai Orlov as Yemov *

Fyodor Bogdanov Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name "Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Giv ...

as Foundry Owner * Vladimir Gardin as

Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy (russian: Граф Пётр Андреевич Толстой; 1645–1729) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, prominent during and after the reign of Peter the Great. He was the ancestor of all the Counts T ...

Awards

* Prize at an exhibition in Paris (1937) * Stalin Prize (1941) I Class – Mikhail Zharov, Vladimir Petrov, Nikolay Simonov

External links

* Peter the Great I * Peter the Great II 1937 films 1938 films 1930s biographical drama films Soviet biographical drama films Russian biographical drama films 1930s historical drama films Soviet historical drama films Russian historical drama films Films set in Russia Biographical films about Russian royalty Cultural depictions of Charles XII of Sweden Cultural depictions of Ivan Mazepa Cultural depictions of Peter the Great Soviet black-and-white films Lenfilm films Russian black-and-white films 1930s Russian-language films {{bio-film-stub