Vladimir PETROV
Владимир ПЕТРОВ
Vladimir PETROV
USSR, 1937, 103mn 
Black and white, fiction
Peter the First, Part One
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Петр Первый (1-я серия)

 

 Pierre le Grand (1ere partie)

 Piotr Pervy (1-ya seria)

 
Directed by : Vladimir PETROV (Владимир ПЕТРОВ)
Writing credits : Nikolay LESHCHENKO (Николай ЛЕЩЕНКО), Vladimir PETROV (Владимир ПЕТРОВ), Aleksey TOLSTOY (Алексей ТОЛСТОЙ)
 
Cast
Fyodor BOGDANOV (Федор БОГДАНОВ) ...Propriétaire de la mine
Nikolay CHERKASOV (Николай ЧЕРКАСОВ) ...Prince Alekseï, fils du tsar
Viktor DOBROVOLSKY (Виктор ДОБРОВОЛЬСКИЙ) ...Yagouzinski, l’officier - Fedka, le débiteur
Vladimir ERSHOV (Владимир ЕРШОВ)
K. GIBSHMAN (К. ГИБШМАН) ...Prince Buinosov, le boyar
P. KUZNETSOV (П. КУЗНЕЦОВ) ...Vlazemski
Aleksandr LARIKOV (Александр ЛАРИКОВ) ...Le vieux soldat
Nikolay LITVINOV (Николай ЛИТВИНОВ) ...Chafirov
Georgi ORLOV (Георгий ОРЛОВ) ...Yemov
N. ROSHEFORT (Н. РОШЕФОР) ...Nikita Demidov
A. RZHANOV (А. РЖАНОВ) ...Dolgorouki
M. SAFRONOVA (М. САФРОНОВА) ...Antonida Buinosova
Nikolay SIMONOV (Николай СИМОНОВ) ...Pierre Le Grand
Alla TARASOVA (Алла ТАРАСОВА) ... Tsarina Catherine
Irina ZARUBINA (Ирина ЗАРУБИНА) ...Efrossinia, maïtresse d’Alekseï
Mikhail ZHAROV (Михаил ЖАРОВ)
 
Cinematography : Vyacheslav GORDANOV (Вячеслав ГОРДАНОВ), Vladimir YAKOVLEV (Владимир ЯКОВЛЕВ)
Music : Vladimir SHCHERBACHEV (Владимир ЩЕРБАЧЕВ)
Sound : Zakhar ZALKIND (Захар ЗАЛКИНД)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 24 millions of spectators
Restauration : Mosfilm (1965)
Release date in Russia : 31/08/1937
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Prix à l'exposition de Paris en 1937 pour la première partie du film

Plot synopsis
Historical film produced from the screenplay by Aleksei Tolstoy. The action takes place at the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th, in this period of constitution of the great Russian empire, and in this time of great reforms, but also of secret palace plots, joyful assemblies and cruel executions . This film depicts all these aspects of the rise to power of the first emperor of Russia.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques des années 1930 (Vidéos), Eleonora GOLDMAN, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Best Soviet films according to Russia Beyond, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival of Russian cinema in Nice, Nice (France), 2017
- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2012
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2009
- Historical Film Festival, Novgorod (Russia), 2008

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