Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Первый, romanized: Pyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I.
Peter the Great | |
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Directed by | Vladimir Petrov |
Written by | Vladimir Petrov Aleksey Tolstoy Nikolay Leshchenko |
Starring | Nikolay Simonov Nikolai Cherkasov Alla Tarasova Mikhail Zharov Viktor Dobrovolsky |
Cinematography | Vyacheslav Gordanov Vladimir Yakovlev |
Edited by | N. Kerstens |
Music by | Vladimir Shcherbachov |
Production company | Lenfilm |
Release date | 1937/38 |
Running time | 96 min./96 min. |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Films by Vladimir Petrov | |
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