Peter the First, Part I (1937)

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.

Regizor: Владимир Петров

Distribuție

Николай Симонов

Tsar Pyotr I

Михаил Жаров

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Николай Черкасов

Prince Alexei

Михаил Тарханов

Field Marshal Sheremetyev

Виктор Добровольский

Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor

Алла Тарасова

Catherine, a peasant girl

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Константин Гибшман

Buinosov, the boyar

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Николай Орлов

Yemov