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Pyotr Pervyy (Russian: Пётр Первый) 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.
Original Release
08/31/1937
US Release
12/24/1937
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolai Simonov | Tsar Pyotr I / Peter I |
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Prince Alexei / Prince Alexey |
| Alla Tarasova | Catherine, a peasant girl / Catherine I |
| Mikhail Zharov | Alexander Danilovich Menshikov / Menshikov |
| Mikhail Tarkhanov | Field Marshal Sheremetyev / Sheremetyev / Old Man |
| Konstantin Gibshman | Buinosov, the boyar / Buynosov |
| Viktor Dobrovolsky | Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor / Fedka / Yaguzhinsky |
| N. Rochefort | Demidov |
| Fyodor Bogdanov | Foundry Owner / Brovkin |
| Nikolay Litvinov | Shafirov |
Directors
Writers
Vladimir Petrov, Aleksei Tolstoy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolai Simonov | Tsar Pyotr I / Peter I |
| Nikolay Cherkasov | Prince Alexei / Prince Alexey |
| Alla Tarasova | Catherine, a peasant girl / Catherine I |
| Mikhail Zharov | Alexander Danilovich Menshikov / Menshikov |
| Mikhail Tarkhanov | Field Marshal Sheremetyev / Sheremetyev / Old Man |
| Konstantin Gibshman | Buinosov, the boyar / Buynosov |
| Viktor Dobrovolsky | Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor / Fedka / Yaguzhinsky |
| N. Rochefort | Demidov |
| Fyodor Bogdanov | Foundry Owner / Brovkin |
| Nikolay Litvinov | Shafirov |
| Irina Zarubina | Yefrosinya |
| Georgi Orlov | Zhemov |
| Aleksandr Larikov | Old Soldier |
| Pyotr Kuznetsov | Vlazemsky / Vyazemskiy |
| Anatoliy Rzhanov | Dolgorukiy |
| Nina Latonina | Olga Buinosova / Olga Buynosova |
| M. Safronova | Antonida Buynosova |
| Evgeniy Ageev | Nikita Demidov |
| K. Korsakpayev | Abdurakhman - the Buysunov's Footman |
| Georgiy Kurovskiy | Yevreinov |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Boris Sokratilin | Executive Producer |
| Adrian Piotrovsky | Producer |
| Boris Sokratilin | Producer |
