Peter the Great () is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Emil Jannings, Bernhard Goetzke and Dagny Servaes. It depicts the life of the reformist Russian Tsar Peter the Great. It premiered in Berlin on 2 November 1922. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier.
Buchowetzki had previously directed Jannings in Danton (1921) and Othello (1922).Petro p. 186 Jannings later played another Russian Tsar, Paul I, in The Patriot (1928).
Cast Emil Jannings as Zar Peter der Große Bernhard Goetzke as Minister Menschikoff Dagny Servaes as Zarin Katharina I Fritz Kortner as Patriarch Adrian Walter Janssen as Alexis, Zarewitsch Cordy Millowitsch as Zarin Eudoxia Alexandra Sorina as Aphrosinia
References
Bibliography Petro, Patrice. Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press, 2010.
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