Peter the Great
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Elke Sommer
Nicolai Lazerev
Michael Mackenzie
Boris Plotnikov
Maximilian Schell
Christoph Eichhorn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An eight-hour, four-part miniseries based on Robert K. Massie's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the Russian Czar who opened his sprawling empire to the West. The action begins in the late seventeenth century when the young Peter is named co-czar with his brother, Ivan. Court intrigue involving his half-sister, Sophia, is overcome by Peter and his supporters, and the young man consolidates his power as sole regent. Peter journeys to the West and is inspired to westernize Russia, but must combat constant conspiracy at home.
Cast
Elke Sommer
Nicolai Lazerev
Michael Mackenzie
Boris Plotnikov
Maximilian Schell
Christoph Eichhorn
Renee Soutendijk
Burkhard Heyl
Natalia Andreichenko
Hanna Schygulla
Jan Niklas
George Murcell
Graham Mcgrath
Tolly Thwaites
Walter Buschoff
Vsevolod Larionov
Ursula Andress
Algis Arlauskas
Vera Kharibina
Boris Tscherbakov
Mike Gwilym
Carl Duering
Jan Malmsjo
Trevor Howard
Helmut Griem
Anton Ragulin
Laurence Olivier
Vladimir Ilyin
Geoffrey Whitehead
Jeremy Kemp
Vanessa Redgrave
Gunther Maria Halmer
Mel Ferrer
Omar Sharif
Denis Demarne
Philip Bower
Ulli Philipp
Heinz Weiss
Lilli Palmer
Ann Zacharias
Roman Filippov
Lyubov Ghermanova
Crew
Edward Anhalt
Karl Baumgartner
John Blezard
Arnold Braun
Marvin J Chomsky
Gianetto Derossi
Mirella Sforza Derossi
James T Heckert
Andrew Holt
Ella Maklakova
Steve Markowe
Robert K Massie
Willi Neunier
Bill Parker
Alexander Popov
Laurence Rosenthal
Lawrence Schiller
Vittorio Storaro
Konstantin Thoeren
Sibylle Ulasmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 2, 1986
Estimated budget: $26,000,000.
Began shooting July 9, 1984.
Completed shooting May 25, 1985.
Due to illness and a contract dispute, Maximilian Schell left the production before its completion. English actor, Denis de Marne, completed Schell's scenes, but Schell later dubbed his voice in those scenes.
Lawrence Schiller, the original director, was dismissed after internal conflicts, but receives co-director and pre-production credits.
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Filmed for twenty-six weeks in Russia, seven weeks in Austria and one week in Munich, Germany.
