At the Beginning of Glorious Days

At the Beginning of Glorious Days

134 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 29, 1980

Late 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries to capture the Turkish fortress of Azov, but with no success: he can win only if he has a fleet. Peter’s ukases provoke the Boyars’ indignation. Europe looks in amazement: the Russian tsar begins to work at a Dutch shipyard learning the subtleties of shipbuilding?! But his training is cut short. Peter has to return to Russia in order to brutally suppress the Streltsy rebellion organized by his sister Sophia.

At the Beginning of Glorious Days

134 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 29, 1980

At the Beginning of Glorious Days
Late 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries to capture the Turkish fortress of Azov, but with no success: he can win only if he has a fleet. Peter’s ukases provoke the Boyars’ indignation. Europe looks in amazement: the Russian tsar begins to work at a Dutch shipyard learning the subtleties of shipbuilding?! But his training is cut short. Peter has to return to Russia in order to brutally suppress the Streltsy rebellion organized by his sister Sophia.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers DEFA, Gorky Film Studios
Original title В начале славных дел
Directors Sergei Gerasimov
Writers Yuriy Kavtaradze, Sergei Gerasimov, Aleksei Tolstoy

Cast

Dmitriy Zolotukhin

as Peter the Great

Tamara Makarova

as Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina

Natalya Bondarchuk

as Sophya

Oleg Strizhenov

as Vassily Golitzyn

Nikolay Eryomenko

as Aleksandr Menshikov

Mikhail Nozhkin

as Boris Golitzin

Peter Reusse

as Franz Lefort

Lyubov Polekhina

as Aleksandra Brovkina

Lyubov Germanova

as Yevdokia Lopukhina

Roman Filippov

as Fedor Romodanovskyi

Yuriy Moroz

as Aleksey Brovkin

Nikolay Grinko

as Nektaryi

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

as Antonida Buynosova

Gennadi Frolov

as Artamon Brovkin

Aleksandra Matveeva

as Knyaginya Buinosova