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