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Peter the Great

Peter the Great

★ 7.9/10•1986•1h 33m•12+•War & Politics•Drama

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.

Lawrence Schiller · Director

Marvin J. Chomsky · Director

Edward Anhalt · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 33m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 2, 1986

Episodes

Actors

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Peter the Great

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Sophia

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Prince Feodor Romodanovsky

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Sir Isaac Newton

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

King William III of Orange

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Alexander Menshikov

Jan Niklas

Jan Niklas

Young Peter the Great

Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer

Charlotte

Renée Soutendijk

Renée Soutendijk

Anna Mons

Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress

Athalie

Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer

Frederick

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Catherine Skevronskaya

Mike Gwilym

Mike Gwilym

Shafirov

Günther Maria Halmer

Günther Maria Halmer

Count Tolstoy

Olegar Fedoro

Olegar Fedoro

Boyar Lopukhin

Jan Malmsjö

Jan Malmsjö

Patriarch

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