Peter the Great (1937 film)
Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Первый) 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.
| Peter the Great | |
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 Official movie poster | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Petrov |
| Written by | Vladimir Petrov Aleksey Tolstoy Nikolay Leshchenko |
| Starring | Nikolay Simonov Nikolai Cherkasov Alla Tarasova Mikhail Zharov Viktor Dobrovolsky |
| Music by | Vladimir Shcherbachov |
| Cinematography | Vyacheslav Gordanov Vladimir Yakovlev |
Release date | 1937/38 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Cast
- Nikolai Simonov as Tsar Pyotr I
- Mikhail Zharov as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- Nikolay Cherkasov as Prince Alexei
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Field Marshal Sheremetyev
- Viktor Dobrovolsky as Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
- Alla Tarasova as Catherine, a peasant girl
- Konstantin Gibshman as Buinosov, the boyar (as K. Gibshman)
- Nikolai Orlov as Yemov
- Fyodor Bogdanov as Foundry Owner (as P. Bogdanov)
- Vladimir Garin
Awards
- Prize at an exhibition in Paris (1937)
- Stalin Prize (1941) I Class – Mikhail Zharov, Vladimir Petrov, Nikolay Simonov
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