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Writers:
Edward Anhalt (writer)
Robert K. Massie (book)
Release Date:
2 February 1986 (USA) 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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Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations more
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A Russian's Perspective 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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Germany:360 min (4 parts) | USA:371 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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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. more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Peter the Great" (1986)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| This great miniseries needs to have a DVD release! | susansnowflake |
| Marvelous Peter The Great | Petrushka |
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I liked this series very much although it started to drag during part 4. I was vaguely familiar with Russian history and thought the series was accurate; that is until I read some of the comments from those truly knowledgeable of Russian history.
But my main contribution to this forum is to recount what my wife (a Russian) said about the movie as we watched it. First of all, how would we Americans like it if a movie about Abraham Lincoln portrayed him as a man of average height? Peter the Great was about 6'8" or 6'9". She also wishes that they would have shown how Russians built boats in the North and had to carry them a long way over land (I think she meant when they attacked the Turks at Azov). The movie also neglected to show how Peter established Universities and sent students to study in Europe.
And as one other person commented, I wish they would have shown more of St. Petersburg and how it was built.
It seems that there is enough material here for a ten part series rather than four.