Peter the Great (1937 film)

Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Первый, romanizedPyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I.

Peter the Great
Official movie poster
Directed byVladimir Petrov
Written byVladimir Petrov
Aleksey Tolstoy
Nikolay Leshchenko
StarringNikolay Simonov
Nikolai Cherkasov
Alla Tarasova
Mikhail Zharov
Viktor Dobrovolsky
CinematographyVyacheslav Gordanov
Vladimir Yakovlev
Edited byN. Kerstens
Music byVladimir Shcherbachov
Production
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Release dates
  • 1937 (1937) (Part 1)
  • 1938 (1938) (Part 2)
Running time
96 min./96 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian
The full film, containing both parts

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Awards

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  • Prize at an exhibition in Paris (1937)
  • Stalin Prize (1941) I Class – Mikhail Zharov, Vladimir Petrov, Nikolay Simonov
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