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.
Cast
- Nikolai Simonov as Tsar Pyotr I
- Mikhail Zharov as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- Nikolai 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
- Nikolai Orlov as Yemov
- Fyodor Bogdanov as Foundry Owner
- Vladimir Garin