Peter the Great (1986)
Peter the Great (1986)
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Plot.
Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Jan Malmsjö
Patriarch
Lilli Palmer
Natalya
Geoffrey Whitehead
Prince Vasily Golitsyn
Jeremy Kemp
Col. Patrick Gordon
Vladimir Ilin
Earl Sheremetief
Boris Plotnikov
Alexis
Vsevolod Larionov
Prince Sukhorukov
Algis Arlauskas
Father Theodosius
Walter Buschhoff
Silvestre Mons
Christoph Eichhorn
Karl XII, King of Sweden
Lyubov Germanova
Afrosina
Burkhard Heyl
Count Piper
Natalya Andreychenko
Eudoxia
Graham McGrath
10 Year Old Peter
Tolly Thwaites
Boy Alexis
Cameron Austin Schiller
Boy in Castle
Nikolay Lazarev
Ivan
Ulli Philipp
Louise
Denis DeMarne
Old Peter the Great
Heinz Weiss
Austrian Doctor
Dmitriy Chernigovskiy
Michael Menshikov
Marvin J. Chomsky
Producer / Director
Lawrence Schiller
Executive Producer / Director
Edward Anhalt
Writer
Robert K. Massie
Book
Konstantin Thoeren
Line Producer
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Bill Parker
Editor
Sharon Howard-Field
Casting
John Blezard
Production Design
Aleksandr Popov
Production Design
Valery Pavlotos
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 2, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
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Peter the Great is a 1986 American biographical historical drama television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and Lawrence Schiller, based on Robert K. Massie's 1980 non-fiction book Peter the Great: His Life and World. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard, Laurence Olivier, Helmut Griem, Jan Niklas, Elke Sommer, Renée Soutendijk, Ursula Andress, and Mel Ferrer.
The miniseries received generally positive reviews from critics and won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. It was also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Miniseries or Television Film.
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