Peter the First (1937)

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Country: Soviet Union
Genres: Biography, Drama, War
Release: 1937-12-24
Director: Vladimir Petrov
Writers: Vladimir Petrov , Aleksei Tolstoy
Language: Russian
Stars: Nikolai Simonov , Nikolay Cherkasov , Alla Tarasova , Mikhail Zharov , Mikhail Tarkhanov , Mikhail Tarkhanov , Konstantin Gibshman , Viktor Dobrovolsky , Viktor Dobrovolsky , N. Rochefort , Fyodor Bogdanov , Nikolay Litvinov
Runtime: 96 min
Awards: 2 wins
AKA: Pyotr pervyy I , Peter the First (United States of America) , ピョートル大帝 (Japan) , Петр Первый (Russian Federation) , Petros o Megas (Greece) , Peter den Store (Denmark) , Pietro il grande (Italy) , Pierre le Grand, 1ère partie (Belgium) , Peter de Grote, deel I (Netherlands the) , The Conquests of Peter the Great, Part One (United States of America) , Las conquistas de Pedro el Grande (Mexico) , Peter de Groote, 1ste deel (Belgium) , Pierre le Grand, 1ère partie (France, French Republic) , Peter de Grote, 1ste deel (Belgium) , Пётр Первый , Pedro, O Grande - Parte 1 (Brazil) , Peter the First, Part One , Potr Pervyy , Peter der Große , Nagy Péter (Hungary) , Piotr I, cz. 1 (Poland) , Peter den Store (Sweden) , Petr Pervyy , Pietari Suuri (Finland) , Peter I. (Austria) , Пётр Первый (Russian Federation)
Plot: In the end of 16th century, when Europe was thriving with trade and explorations, Russia was still backwater country with archaic government system and no hopes in the future. One man was destined to change it all - and the movie tells (only if quite short) about it. Actor who played reformatic Russian tzar, Peter I, does amazing job - its exactly how I imagine myself the emperor, who quite possibly could have looked bit different and had different temperament. Cruel and coldhearted at times and often driven by opposite feelings as well, Peter shown through both movies the way we came to known him. Just to finish this, last time I been to his grave in Peter and Pavel shrine, there were a lot of flowers near it, much more than near any other ones, even the last tzar.
IMDB:tt0029405