
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

