Peter the First, Part One (1937)
- Original title
- Пётр Первый
- Directed by
- Vladimir Petrov
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, war film, historical film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 3h 14m
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film follows the life and rule of Russian Emperor Peter the Great. It shows his efforts to modernize and strengthen Russia through wars and reforms.
epicpatrioticgrandeducationalseriousstatelyformaldramatichistorical
What happens
Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Первый, romanized: Pyotr 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 Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, devoted to the life and activity of the Russian Emperor Peter I. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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