Peter the Great (miniseries)

Peter the Great is a 1986 American biographicalhistorical drama television miniseries on the life of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia. It was directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and Lawrence Schiller, based on Robert K. Massie's 1980 non-fiction book Peter the Great: His Life and World. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer, Helmut Griem, Jan Niklas, Elke Sommer, Renée Soutendijk, Ursula Andress, and Mel Ferrer.

The miniseries was some 8 hours length (over 4 episodes) and cost $29 million USD at the time to create. It was the first tv show made in Russia by US production during the end of the Cold War though it was arduous to produce.