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.
as Tsar Pyotr I
as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
as Prince Alexei
as Field Marshal Sheremetyev
as Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor
as Catherine, a peasant girl
as Buinosov, the boyar
as Yemov
as Foundry Owner
as Vlazemsky
as Old Soldier
as Olga Buinosova
as Shafirov
as Steward Lavrenty Lykov (uncredited)
as Zhemov
