Pyotr pervyy 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.

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 

• Peter the First, Part One
• The Conquests of Peter the Great, Part One