Peter the First, Part I

August. 30,1937      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Fyodor Bogdanov as  Foundry Owner
Aleksandr Larikov as  Old Soldier
Nina Latonina as  Olga Buinosova