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.
Directed by Vladimir Petrov
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Cast

Nikolai Simonov
Tsar Pyotr I

Mikhail Zharov
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Nikolai Cherkasov
Prince Alexei

Mikhail Tarkhanov
Field Marshal Sheremetyev

Viktor Dobrovolsky
Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor

Alla Tarasova
Catherine, a peasant girl
Konstantin Gibshman
Buinosov, the boyar
Nikolai Orlov
Yemov

Fyodor Bogdanov
Foundry Owner
Vladimir Garin
Petr Kuznetsov
Vlazemsky

Aleksandr Larikov
Old Soldier

Nina Latonina
Olga Buinosova
Nikolai Litvinov
Shafirov
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