Peter the Great (TV Series)

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Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie.

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[edit] Plot summary

Russia at the dawn of the 18th century - a vast, chilling mysterious land, almost medieval. A country led by a man whose curious, questing spirit is eager to learn all that is new. A monarch who brings his feudal country into the modern world. A shrewd Czar and a visionary. Statesman, sailor, and ship-builder. Military leader. A husband and a father. A man who dared to dream the impossible dream, and succeeded.

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The series was released as a three tape VHS box set in 1992, and has yet to be released on DVD.

[edit] References

  • Internet Movie Database page on Peter the Great TV Series
  • Plot summery from VHS release cover
  • The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier by Jerry Vermilye, Citadel Press, 1992.

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