Peter the First, Part II
1938 · 1h 36m · N/A
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Vladimir Petrov
Overview
Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First's conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey's plot to overthrow him.
Director and cast
- Vladimir Petrov Director
- Nikolai Simonov as Tsar Pyotr I
- Alla Tarasova as Tsarina Catherine I
- Nikolai Cherkasov as Prince Alexei
- Irina Zarubina as Efrosinya, mistress of Alexei
- Mikhail Zharov as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- Mikhail Tarkhanov as Field Marshal Sherementyev
- Vladimir Gardin as Prince Peter Tolstoy
- Viktor Dobrovolsky as Fedka, cossack leader / Gen. Yaguzhinsky
- Ye. Karrik as Karl XII, King of Sweden
- Aleksey Vatulya as Hetman Mazeppa
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