Peter the Great (1922 film)
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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
| Written by | Ludwig Metzger-Hollands |
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Production company | Europäische Film-Allianz |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
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Peter the Great (German: Peter der Große) 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).[1] 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
- ↑ Petro p. 186
Bibliography
- Petro, Patrice. Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press, 2010.
External links
Categories:
- 1922 films
- 1922 biographical films
- 1922 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 Russian Empire
- Biographical films about Russian royalty
- Cultural depictions of Peter the Great
- National Film films
- German black-and-white films
- 1922 German films
- Films shot at Halensee Studios
- 1920s German silent film stubs
- Historical film stubs