Peter the Great
7.919861 Season93mEnded
War & Politics
Drama
Overview
StatusEnded
First Air Date1986-02-02
Last Air Date1986-02-05
Seasons1
Episodes4
Episode Runtime93 min
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of AmericaSoviet Union
Videos
1 totalTrailer
Peter the Great Promo Commercial - Possibly Intro to the Show (1986)Seasons
1Cast & Crew
Maximilian Schell
as Peter the Great
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sophia
Omar Sharif
as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky
Trevor Howard
as Sir Isaac Newton
Laurence Olivier
as King William III of Orange
Helmut Griem
as Alexander Menshikov
Jan Niklas
as Young Peter the Great
Elke Sommer
as Charlotte
Renée Soutendijk
as Anna Mons
Ursula Andress
as Athalie
Reviews
1
C
CinemaSerf
Jan 15, 2026
7/10
This four-part miniseries boasted quite a stellar cast as it explored the life and times of Czar Peter the Great. Throughout his childhood his mother Natalya (Lilli Palmer) and Prince Feodor (Omar Sharif) had to struggle to keep him safe from the conspiratorial aspirations of his sister “Sophia” (Vanessa Redgrave) who controlled the dreaded Strelsk…
