Peter the First, Part I

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.

Details

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

Leonid Alekseev

Alexander Mgebrov