At the Beginning of Glorious Days
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At the Beginning of Glorious Days is the second part of a two-part film that started with The Youth of Peter the Great
. Both parts were released in the Soviet Union
in 1980 and are based on a novel, Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by Russian director Sergey Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.
, Czar Peter the Great orders an attack on Turkey
, which refuses to pay taxes to the Russian government. The Russian military is equipped outdated with technology, and they suffer their first defeat. After the defeat the czar orders the building of a fleet, and sends many educated men to study in Germany, France, and Holland. Russian victory over Turkey will not only force the Turks to pay taxes, but also make the Sea of Azov
accessible to the Russians.
The Youth of Peter the Great
The Youth of Peter the Great — the first part of a two part film, which was based on a novel Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by a famous Russian director Sergey Gerasimov...
. Both parts were released in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in 1980 and are based on a novel, Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by Russian director Sergey Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.
Synopsis
In late 17th-century RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Czar Peter the Great orders an attack on Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, which refuses to pay taxes to the Russian government. The Russian military is equipped outdated with technology, and they suffer their first defeat. After the defeat the czar orders the building of a fleet, and sends many educated men to study in Germany, France, and Holland. Russian victory over Turkey will not only force the Turks to pay taxes, but also make the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov , known in Classical Antiquity as Lake Maeotis, is a sea on the south of Eastern Europe. It is linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south and is bounded on the north by Ukraine mainland, on the east by Russia, and on the west by the Ukraine's Crimean...
accessible to the Russians.
Cast
- Dmitri Zolotukhin — Peter the Great
- Tamara MakarovaTamara MakarovaTamara Makarova was a Soviet actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1927 and 1984. She was married to the Soviet film director Sergei Gerasimov.-Selected filmography:* Somebody Else's Coat * The Deserter * The Stone Flower...
— Natalya Naryshkina - Natalya BondarchukNatalya BondarchukNatalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris as "Hari". She is the daughter of the Ukrainian actor Sergei Bondarchuk and the Russian actress Inna Makarova...
— Czarevna Sophia - Nikiolai Yeryemenko — Aleksandr Danilovich MenshikovAleksandr Danilovich MenshikovAleksandr Danilovich Menshikov was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimus, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora , Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel. A highly appreciated associate and friend of Tsar Peter the Great, he was the de facto ruler of...
- Mikhail Nozhkin — Knyaz Boris Alexeyevich GalitzineBoris Alexeyevich GalitzinePrince Boris Alexeevich was a Russian nobleman of the Galitzine family. His chief political opponent was his own cousin Vasily Vasilyevich Galitzine.-Life:Boris was a court Chamberlain since 1676...
- Boris KhmelnitskyBoris KhmelnitskyBoris Alexandrovich Khmelnitsky was a Russian theatre and movie actor.He worked many years in the Taganka Theatre in Moscow. In cinema, he was known for many of his roles in Soviet adventure films. He played Robin Hood, Prince Igor, Captain Grant and many other characters...
— Kuzma Chermnyi - Lyubov Germanova — Eudoxia LopukhinaEudoxia LopukhinaTsarina Evdokiya Feodorovna Lopukhina was the first wife of Peter I of Russia. They married in 1689 but divorced in 1698...
- Ivan LapikovIvan LapikovIvan Gerasimovich Lapikov – was a Soviet and Russian actor.-Biography:Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov was born on July 7, 1922 in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn...
— Zhemov - Lyubov Polekhina — Sanka Brovkina
- Marina Levtova — Olga Bulnosova
- Yekaterina Vasillyeva — Antonida Bulnosova
- Pyotr GlebovPyotr GlebovPyotr Petrovich Glebov , was a Russian film and stage actor, best known for portraying Grigori Melekhov in the 1957 epic 'Tikhiy Don' , a trilogy directed by Sergei Gerasimov. .-References:...
— Gypsy - Muza Krepkogorskaya — Sparrow caregiver
- Yuri Moroz — Alyosha Brovkin
- Peter Reusse — Franz LefortFranz LefortFranz Lefort was a Russian military figure of Swiss origin, general admiral , and close associate of Peter the Great....
- Eduard Bocharov — Merchant Ivan Brovkin
- Anatoli Barantsev — Nikita Zotov
- Roman Filippov — Fyodor RomodanovskyFyodor RomodanovskyPrince Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky was one of Peter the Great's foremost assistants in the task of modernizing Russia. He was the country's first head of secret police....
- Vladimir KashpurVladimir KashpurVladimir Terentyevich Kashpur was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in Ballad of a Soldier and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimir Lenin to Baba Yaga...
— Ovdokim - Aleksandr Borisovich Belyavskiy — Lev Naryshkin
- Nikolai GrinkoNikolai GrinkoNikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko , was a Soviet/Ukrainian actor.He is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rubliov, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker. He starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.-External links:...
— Starets Nektari