Peter the Great (film)

Peter the Great
Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Ludwig Metzger-Hollands
Starring	Emil Jannings Bernhard Goetzke Dagny Servaes Fritz Kortner
Cinematography	Curt Courant Willy Hameister
Production company	Europäische Film-Allianz
Distributed by	National-Film (Germany) Paramount Pictures (US)
Release dates	2 November 1922
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

Peter the Great (German: Peter der Große) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Emil Jannings, Bernhard Goetzke and Dagny Servaes. It depicts the life of the reformist Russian Tsar Peter the Great. It premiered in Berlin on 2 November 1922. The film's art direction was by Hans Dreier.

Buchowetzki had previously directed Jannings in Danton (1921) and Othello (1922). Jannings later played another Russian Tsar, Paul I, in The Patriot (1928).

Cast

• Emil Jannings as Zar Peter der Große
• Bernhard Goetzke as Minister Menschikoff
• Dagny Servaes
• Fritz Kortner as Patriarch Adrian
• Walter Janssen as Alexis, Zarewitsch
• Cordy Millowitsch as Zarin Eudoxia
• Alexandra Sorina as Aphrosinia

Bibliography

• Petro, Patrice. Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press, 2010.

External links

• Peter the Great at IMDb