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Peter the Great (1986)

Peter the Great

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.

Peter the Great

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Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

as Peter the Great

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

as Prince Feodor Romodanovsky

as Sir Isaac Newton

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

as King William III of Orange

as Alexander Menshikov

as Young Peter the Great

Renée Soutendijk

Renée Soutendijk

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

as Catherine Skevronskaya

Günther Maria Halmer

Günther Maria Halmer

as Count Tolstoy

as Boyar Lopukhin

Geoffrey Whitehead

Geoffrey Whitehead

as Prince Vasily Golitsyn

as Col. Patrick Gordon

as Earl Sheremetief

Boris Plotnikov

Boris Plotnikov

Vsevolod Larionov

Vsevolod Larionov

as Prince Sukhorukov

Algis Arlauskas

Algis Arlauskas

as Father Theodosius

Walter Buschhoff

Walter Buschhoff

as Silvestre Mons

Christoph Eichhorn

Christoph Eichhorn

as Karl XII, King of Sweden

Lyubov Germanova

Lyubov Germanova

Natalya Andreychenko

Natalya Andreychenko

as 10 Year Old Peter

Cameron Austin Schiller

Cameron Austin Schiller

as Boy in Castle

Nikolay Lazarev

Nikolay Lazarev

as Old Peter the Great

Michael MacKenzie

Michael MacKenzie

Boris Shcherbakov

Boris Shcherbakov

as Austrian Doctor

Dmitriy Chernigovskiy

Dmitriy Chernigovskiy

as Michael Menshikov

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

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