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"Peter the Great" (1986)
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2 February 1986 (USA)
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This is the story of Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia and the Streltsy...
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Nominated for 3 Golden Globes.
Another 4 wins
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4 nominations
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Factually imperfect perhaps, but a wonderful, wonderful movie.
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Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | ... | Count Tolstoy | |
| Olegar Fedoro | ... | Boyar Lopukhin |
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Germany:360 min (4 parts) | USA:371 min
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The original producer/director Lawrence Schiller was fired after NBC was informed the project was going over budget. It was only after he was replaced that it was revealed the budget information was based on accounting error and not a production problem. Then, the lead actor left in the middle of production to direct an opera and only returned several weeks later.
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| This great miniseries needs to have a DVD release! | susansnowflake |
| Marvelous Peter The Great | Petrushka |
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The Polish commentator (see above) has it right. Some of the facts may be inaccurate but this is a superb film, visually and dramatically.Most important, the basic theme of a brilliant but eccentric and sometimes viciously cruel ruler who despite all of his shortcomings is determined to drag his country into a modern world is undoubtedly correct.Roosevelt and Churchill would have loved him. The Massie novel has been described as one of the most illuminating portraits ever of Russia as it really is.Too bad old Karl XII (actually it was a Swedish General namedLoewenhaupt) lost the battle of Poltava, but he did. And when Karlhimself fell victim to a stray battlefield bullet a few years later,one of his senior officers commented, "Gentlemen, the comedy is over."