''At the Beginning of Glorious Days'' (russian: В начале славных дел, V nachale slavnykh del) is the second part of a two-part film that started with
The Youth of Peter the Great. Both parts were released in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
in 1980 and are based on a novel, ''
Peter I Peter I may refer to:
Religious hierarchs
* Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus
* Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint
* Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholico ...
'', written by
Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by Russian director
Sergey Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.
Synopsis
In late 17th-century
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, Czar
Peter the Great orders an attack on
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, which refuses to pay taxes to the Russian government. The Russian military is equipped with outdated technology, and they suffer their first defeat. After the defeat the czar orders the building of a fleet, and sends many educated men to study in Germany, France, and Holland. Russian victory over Turkey will not only force the Turks to pay taxes, but also make the
Sea of Azov accessible to the Russians.
Cast
*
Dmitri Zolotukhin — ''
Peter the Great''
*
Tamara Makarova
Tamara Fyodorovna Makarova (russian: Тама́ра Фёдоровна Мака́рова; 13 August 1907 – 19 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film actress and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist La ...
— ''
Natalya Naryshkina
Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (russian: Ната́лья Кири́лловна Нары́шкина; 1 September 1651 – 4 February 1694) was the Tsaritsa of Russia from 1671–1676 as the second spouse of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, and re ...
''
*
Aleksandr Belyavskiy — ''
Lev Naryshkin
Lev Alexandrovich Naryshkin (russian: Лев Александрович Нарышкин; also known as Léon Narychkine) (5 February 1785—1846, Naples) was a Russian Imperial aristocrat who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
He was the ...
, Peter's uncle''
*
Natalya Bondarchuk
Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Бондарчук) (born 10 May 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris (1972 ...
— ''
Czarevna Sophia''
*
Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr. ( be, Мікалай Мікалаевіч Яроменка (малодшы), (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ерёменко-мла́дший; 14 February 1949 — 27 May 2001) was a Soviet and ...
— ''
Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...
''
*
Mikhail Nozhkin — ''Knyaz
Boris Alexeyevich Galitzine''
*
Boris Khmelnitsky — ''Kuzma Chermnyi''
*
Lyubov Germanova — ''
Eudoxia Lopukhina
Tsarina Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina ( rus, Евдоки́я Фёдоровна Лопухина́, Yevdokíya Fyodorovna Lopukhiná; in Moscow – in Moscow) was a Russian Tsaritsa as the first wife of Peter I of Russia, and the last ethnic ...
''
*
Ivan Lapikov
Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov (Russian: Иван Герасимович Лапиков; 7 July 1922 – 2 May 1993) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982).
Biography
Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley ...
— ''Zhemov''
*
Lyubov Polekhina
Lyubov, Liubov or Lubov is a female given name, meaning “love”. It is of Slavic origin, coming from the basic word ''l'ub'' ( la, caritas).
Variants
* Russian: ''Любовь'' (Lyubov, Liubov, Lubov), ''Люба'' (Lyuba, Liuba, Luba)
* U ...
— ''Sanka Brovkina''
*
Marina Levtova — ''Olga Bulnosova''
*
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vasilyeva (russian: Екатерина Серге́евна Васильева; born 15 August 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She performed in more than ninety films since 1967.
Vasilyeva ...
— ''Antonida Bulnosova''
*
Pyotr Glebov
Pyotr Petrovich Glebov (russian: Пётр Петрович Глебов; 14 April 1915 – 17 April 2000), was a Russians, Russian film actor from the aristocratic :fr:Famille Glebov, Glebov family, whose early generations are listed in the 17th-c ...
— ''Gypsy''
*
Marina Golub
Marina Grigorievna Golub (russian: Марина Григорьевна Голуб; 8 December 1957 — 9 October 2012) was a Russian film, television and stage actress. Most well known for her performances in Russian television program ''Morning ...
— ''Verka''
*
Muza Krepkogorskaya — ''Sparrow caregiver''
*
Yury Moroz — ''Alyosha Brovkin''
*
Peter Reusse — ''
Franz Lefort Franz may refer to:
People
* Franz (given name)
Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis. Notable people named Franz include:
Nobility
Austria-Hungary
* Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708–1765)
* Francis II, Holy ...
''
*
Eduard Bocharov — ''Merchant Ivan Brovkin''
*
Anatoli Barantsev — ''Nikita Zotov''
*
Roman Filippov
Roman Sergeyevich Filippov (russian: Рома́н Серге́евич Фили́ппов; January 24, 1936 — February 18, 1992) was a Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1987).
Selected filmography
* ''World Ch ...
— ''
Fyodor Romodanovsky
Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky (russian: Фёдор Юрьевич Ромодановский; ca. 1640 – 1717) was one of Peter the Great's foremost assistants in the task of modernizing Russia. He served as the country's first head of ...
''
*
Vladimir Kashpur
Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladim ...
— ''Ovdokim''
*
Nikolai Grinko
Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko ( uk, Микола Григорович Гринько; russian: Никола́й Григо́рьевич Гринько́; 22 May 1920, Kherson – 10 April 1989, Kyiv was a Soviet ...
— ''Starets Nektari''
References
External links
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At the beginning of glorious daysRussian Cinema Council catalogue
{{Sergei Gerasimov
1980s historical drama films
Soviet historical drama films
Russian historical drama films
Films directed by Sergei Gerasimov
Gorky Film Studio films
Films about the Russian Empire
Films set in the 17th century
Cultural depictions of Peter the Great