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Overview

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8.1/10   247 votes
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Writers:
Edward Anhalt (writer)
Robert K. Massie (book)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 February 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History | War more
Plot:
This is the story of Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and the constant struggle between him, his sister Sophia and the Streltsy... more
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Factually imperfect perhaps, but a wonderful, wonderful movie. more (12 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:360 min (4 parts) | USA:371 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Moscow, Russia more
Company:
NBC Productions more

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Trivia:
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. more

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User Comments

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Factually imperfect perhaps, but a wonderful, wonderful movie., 7 April 2005
8/10
Author: Steve-602 from United States

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."

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