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. The film's art direction was by Hans Dreier.
Buchowetzki had previously directed Jannings in Danton (1921) and Othello (1922). 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.