Peter the Great

1986 NR 6h 11m 7.8

Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.

This is the story of Peter I, Czar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia, and the Streltsy, an important Russian military corp. The story depicts the efforts of Peter in transforming Russia in an "all European" country, importing scientists, costumes, technology, and military tactics.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Part I

Aired: Feb 2, 1986

Episode 2 Part II

Aired: Feb 3, 1986

Episode 3 Part III

Aired: Feb 4, 1986

Episode 4 Part IV

Aired: Feb 5, 1986

Main Cast

Maximilian Schell Peter the Great

Vanessa Redgrave Sophia

Omar Sharif Prince Feodor Romodanovsky

Trevor Howard Sir Isaac Newton

Laurence Olivier King William III of Orange

Helmut Griem Alexander Menshikov

Jan Niklas Young Peter the Great

Elke Sommer Charlotte

Renée Soutendijk Anna Mons

Ursula Andress Athalie

Mel Ferrer Frederick

Hanna Schygulla Catherine Skevronskaya

Mike Gwilym Shafirov

Günther Maria Halmer

Günther Maria Halmer Count Tolstoy

Olegar Fedoro Boyar Lopukhin

Jan Malmsjö Patriarch

Lilli Palmer Natalya

Geoffrey Whitehead Prince Vasily Golitsyn

Jeremy Kemp Col. Patrick Gordon

Vladimir Ilin Earl Sheremetief

Boris Plotnikov Alexis

Vsevolod Larionov Prince Sukhorukov

Algis Arlauskas Father Theodosius

Walter Buschhoff Silvestre Mons

Christoph Eichhorn Karl XII, King of Sweden

Lyubov Germanova Afrosina

Burkhard Heyl Count Piper

Natalya Andreychenko Eudoxia

Graham McGrath 10 Year Old Peter

Tolly Thwaites

Tolly Thwaites Boy Alexis

Vera Kharybina

Anton Ragulin

Cameron Austin Schiller

Cameron Austin Schiller Boy in Castle

Nikolay Lazarev

Nikolay Lazarev Ivan

Ulli Philipp Louise

Denis DeMarne Old Peter the Great

Philip Bowen

Michael MacKenzie

Michael MacKenzie

George Murcell

Boris Shcherbakov

Heinz Weiss Austrian Doctor

Dmitriy Chernigovskiy

Dmitriy Chernigovskiy Michael Menshikov

Creators

Edward Anhalt Writer

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Peter the Great Promo Commercial - Possibly Intro to the Show (1986)

Info about Peter the Great

Network: NBC

Genres: Drama, War, History, Biography