Peter the Great (film)

Peter the Great
Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Ludwig Metzger-Hollands
Starring	Emil Jannings Bernhard Goetzke Dagny Servaes Fritz Kortner
Cinematography	Curt Courant Willy Hameister
Production company	Europäische Film-Allianz
Distributed by	National-Film (Germany) Paramount Pictures (US)
Release dates	2 November 1922
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

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. The film's art direction was by 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
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

Peter the Great at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Dimitri Buchowetzki

Anita Jo (1919)
Symphonie des Todes (1921)
Der Galiläer (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
Die letzte Stunde (1921)
Danton (1921)
The Experiment of Professor Mithrany (1921)
Sappho (1921)
Die Gräfin von Paris (1922)
Othello (1922)
Peter the Great (1922)
Das Laster des Spiels (1923)
Carousel (1923)
Men (1924)
Lily of the Dust (1924)
The Swan (1925)
Graustark (1925)
The Crown of Lies (1926)
The Midnight Sun (1926)
Valencia (1926)
Stamboul (1931)
Magie moderne (1931)
Woman in the Jungle (1931)
The Indictment (1931)
Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1931)
De Sensatie van de Toekomst (1931)
El hombre que asesinó (1932)

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