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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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

Sibylle Ulsamer
Costume Design

Franco Giannini
Makeup Artist

Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography

Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer

Valery Pavlotos
Set Decoration

Eleonora Maklakova
Costume Design

Sharon Howard-Field
Casting

Bill Parker
Editor

John Blezard
Production Design

Aleksandr Popov
Production Design

Konstantin Thoeren
Line Producer

Ian Brown
Assistant Makeup Artist

Vera Kharybina

Anton Ragulin

Michael MacKenzie

Carl Duering
Media.

Details.
Release DateFebruary 2, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
miniseries
historical drama
17th century
Scripted
Wiki.
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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