Peter the First, Part I
1937
145 minutes
Overview
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.
Top 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
Vladimir Romashkov
Steward Lavrenty Lykov (uncredited)
Georgy Orlov
Zhemov