Peter the Great: The Testament
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Elizabeth Boyar
Irina Rozanova
Sergei Makovetsky
Valery Solovyev
Mikhail Boyarsky
Anna Kovalchuk
| Peter the Great: The Testament | |
|---|---|
 Russian DVD cover | |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Vladimir Bortko |
| Starring | Alexander Baluyev Elizabeth Boyar Irina Rozanova Sergei Makovetsky Valery Solovyev Mikhail Boyarsky Anna Kovalchuk |
| Theme music composer | Vladimir Dashkevich |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Anton Zlatopolsky Vladimir Bortko |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production companies | Reveille Eire Showtime Networks |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rossiya 1 |
| Release | 11 May 2011 |
Peter the Great: The Testament is a Russian TV series about Peter the Great, made in 2011 and based on the novel by Daniil Granin's Evenings with Peter the Great. The film was produced by Studio 2-B-2 entertainment and was shown on Rossiya 1, the Russian TV channel and NBC, the American TV channel..
The film tells the story of the last years of the great monarch, Peter. He appears sick, lonely, and very concerned about those who leave their country. He wants to marry a princess before he will die, so that the throne will be secured for the future monarch. His companions, loyal before, are now only concerned about their own future and their future fate, after the death of the emperor. Who will get Russia and what will happen to the country after the death of the beloved Emperor?
Cast
- Alexander Baluyev — Peter
- Elizaveta Boyarskaya — Maria Cantemir
- Irina Rozanova — Catherine I
- Sergei Makovetsky — Alexander Menshikov
- Alexander Filippenko — Pyotr Tolstoy
- Sergei Shakurov — Fyodor Romodanovsky
- Valery Solovyev — Pavel Yaguzhinsky
- Mikhail Boyarsky — Prince Dmitry Kantemir
- Anna Kovalchuk — Anastasia Trubetskaya-Cantemir
- Cyril Astafiev — Antioh Cantemir
- Valery Grishko — Fyodor Apraksin
- Willem Mons — A favourite of the Empress
- Lyudmila Shevel — Bulk
- Jeremy Noble — Dr Paulson
- Klaus-Dieter Bang — Blumentrost
- Alexander Bashirov — Court jester to Peter I Ivan Balakirev
- Igor Golovin — Makarov
- Vladimir Matveev — Alexey Kurbatov
- Mukhtar Gusengadzhiyev — Dowd
- Vladimir Borchaninov — Count Sheremetev
- Alexander Malyavin — Executioner
- Yuri Loparev — Efim Nikonov
- Galina Zhdanova — Tatiana Yushkova
- Konstantin Vorobyov — Doctor Palikula
- Ivan Krasko — Old Man
- Yefim Kamenetsky — Andrei Nartov
- Alex Zubarev — French engineer
Crew
- Writers: Igor Afanasyev, Vladimir Bortko
- Director: Vladimir Bortko
- Producers: Anton Zlatopolsky, Vladimir Bortko
- Operator: Elena Ivanova
- Artists: Vladimir Svetozarov, Marina Nikolaeva
- Composer: Vladimir Dashkevich
- Dress: Larissa Konnikova
- Make-up: Lily Rusetskaya
- Installation: Leda Semyonova
- Sound: Sergei Moshkov
- First Assistant Director: Tatiana Rozantseva
- Director: Vladimir Bortko