Peter the First, Part I (1937)
2h 25m
Running Time
August 30, 1937Release Date
Peter the First, Part I (1937)
2h 25m
Running Time
August 30, 1937Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Nikolai Simonov
Peter I
Nikolai Cherkasov
Prince Alexey
Mikhail Tarkhanov
Field Marshal Sheremetyev
Alla Tarasova
Catherine I
Viktor Dobrovolsky
Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
Mikhail Zharov
Menshikov
Vladimir Petrov
Director
Aleksei Tolstoy
Writer
Details.
Release DateAugust 30, 1937
Original NameПетр Первый
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Genres
Wiki.
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.