| Peter the Great | |
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| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky Lawrence Schiller |
| Produced by | Marvin J. Chomsky Lawrence Schiller Konstantin Thoeren |
| Written by | Edward Anhalt Robert K. Massie |
| Starring | Maximilian Schell Vanessa Redgrave Jan Niklas Ursula Andress Omar Sharif Laurence Olivier |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Editing by | Bill Parker |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | 2 February 1986 |
| Running time | 371 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.
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Russia at the dawn of the 18th century—a vast, chilling mysterious land, medieval in its character. 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 tsar and a visionary. Statesman, sailor, and shipbuilder. Military leader. A husband and a father. A man who dared to dream the impossible dream, and succeeded.[1]
The series was released as a three-tape VHS box set in 1992, then, in 1994, as a single, lengthy VHS tape.
Writers Guild of America Award
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