Peter the First, Part I
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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.
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Nikolai Simonov
Tsar Pyotr I
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Mikhail Zharov
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Chess Fever
Nikolai Cherkasov
Prince Alexei
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Alexander Nevsky
Mikhail Tarkhanov
Field Marshal Sheremetyev
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Viktor Dobrovolsky
Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
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Alla Tarasova
Catherine, a peasant girl
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Peter the First, Part II
Konstantin Gibshman
Buinosov, the boyar
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Peter the First, Part II
Nikolai Orlov
Yemov
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Stone Flower
Dream
Fyodor Bogdanov
Foundry Owner
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Vladimir Garin
Petr Kuznetsov
Vlazemsky
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Aleksandr Larikov
Old Soldier
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Old Man Khottabych
Vladimir Petrov Director · Aleksei Tolstoy Writer Vladimir Shcherbachov Composer
First release August 30, 1937 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Пётр Первый
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Пётр Первый
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 30, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
January 21, 1938 · Theatrical
October 18, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
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