''Peter the Great'' (german: Peter der Große) is a 1922

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silent

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directed by

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and starring

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The L ...

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961. Selected filmography * ''Fear'' (1917) * ''The Last Sun Son'' (1919) * ''The Japanese Woman'' (1919) * ''The P ...

and

Dagny Servaes Dagny Servaes (10 March 1894 – 10 July 1961) was a German-Austrian stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in the productions of Max ReinhardtStyan p.89 and Berthold Brecht. Servaes appeared in around sixty films during her career, ...

. It depicts the life of the reformist Russian Tsar

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. It premiered in

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on 2 November 1922. The film's

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was by

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. Buchowetzki had previously directed Jannings in ''

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'' (1921) and ''

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'' (1922).Petro p. 186 Jannings later played another Russian Tsar,

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, in '' The Patriot'' (1928).

Cast

as Zar Peter der Große *

as Minister Menschikoff *

as Zarin Katharina I *

Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner (born Fritz Nathan Kohn; 12 May 1892 – 22 July 1970) was an Austrian stage and film actor and theatre director. Life and career Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn into a Jewish family. He studied at the Vienna A ...

Patriarch Adrian Patriarch Adrian (; born Andrey, Андрей; 2 October 1638 – 16 October 1700) was the last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. According to historian Alexander Avdeyev, the future Patriarch Adrian was born in the last da ...

Walter Janssen Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...

as Alexis, Zarewitsch *

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as Zarin Eudoxia *

Alexandra Sorina Alexandra Sorina ( Belarusian: Аляксандра Зорына, Russian: Александра Зорина; born Aleksandra Tsvikevich, 17 September 1899 – 31 May 1973) was a Russian Empire-born actress who had a career in Weimar Germany, mai ...

as Aphrosinia

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1922 films 1920s biographical films 1920s historical films German biographical films German historical films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki Films set in Russia Films set in the 1690s Films set in the 18th century Biographical films about Russian royalty Cultural depictions of Peter the Great National Film films German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{historic-film-stub