Peter the Great (miniseries)

Peter the Great
Genre Historical novel-based
Drama
Written by Edward Anhalt
Robert K. Massie
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Lawrence Schiller
Starring Maximilian Schell
Vanessa Redgrave
Omar Sharif
Trevor Howard
Laurence Olivier
Helmut Griem
Jan Niklas
Elke Sommer
Renee Soutendijk
Ursula Andress
Mel Ferrer
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 4
Production
Producer(s) Marvin J. Chomsky
Lawrence Schiller
Konstantin Thoeren
Cinematography Vittorio Storaro
Running time 371 min
Production company(s) ABC (US)
Distributor NBC
Release
Original release February 2 (1986-02-02) – February 2, 1986 (1986-02-02)

Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.

Plot summary

Russia at the dawn of the 18th century—a vast, chilling mysterious land, medieval in its character. A country led by a man whose curious, questing spirit is eager to learn all that is new. A monarch who brings his feudal country "kicking and screaming" into the modern world. A shrewd tsar and a visionary. Statesman, sailor, and shipbuilder. Military leader. A husband and a father. A man who dared to dream the impossible dream, and succeeded.[1]

Cast

″( Ann Zacharias as Daria Lund the misstres of (Captain Alexander Menshikov) The series was released as a three-tape VHS box( set in 1992, then, in 1994, as a single, lengthy VHS tape.

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy Award

Golden Globe Award

Writers Guild of America Award

References

  1. VHS release cover.

External links

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