''Demidovs'' (russian: Демидовы) is a 1983 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Yaropolk Lapshin.

Plot

The first series shows the relationship of the Demidovs with

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

. Akinfiy Demidov in a short time was able to establish the production of pig iron and cannons, thanks to which Russia won a number of significant victories. In the second series, Akinfiy becomes the master in the Urals and was able to oppose the ruler Biron, distinguished by cruelty and cunning.

Cast

Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the ...

as Nikita Antufiev-Demidov *

Vadim Spiridonov Vadim Semyonovich Spiridonov (russian: Вадим Семёнович Спиридонов; 14 October 1944 – 7 December 1989) was a Soviet film actor, film director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (197 ...

as Akinfiy Demidov * Aleksandr Lazarev as Petr I * Leonid Kuravlyov as Menshikov *

Mikhail Kozakov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov (in Russian: Михаил Михайлович Козаков) (14 October 1934, Leningrad – 22 April 2011, Ramat Gan) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli film and theatre director and actor. Biography Early life Mik ...

as Biron * Tatyana Tashkova as Marya * Lyubov Polekhina as Yevdokiya Korobkova-Demidova * Lyudmila Chursina as Yekaterina I *

Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina Lidiya is a feminine given name. People *Lidiya Alfeyeva (born 1946), a Soviet long jumper *Lidiya Belozyorova (1945–2022), Ukrainian actresses *Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990), a major Soviet literary critic and a survivor of the siege of Leni ...

as Anna Ioannovna *

Valeriy Zolotukhin Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (russian: link=no, Валерий Сергеевич Золотухин, 21 June 1941 – 30 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor who performed at the Taganka Theatre which he also headed between ...

as PanteleyДемидовы (1984) Full Cast & Crew
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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0085421 1983 films 1980s Russian-language films Soviet biographical drama films 1980s biographical drama films Cultural depictions of Peter the Great