---
title: 'At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Gerasimov'
released: '1980-10-29'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/at-the-beginning-of-glorious-days-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171874/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)

1980 · 138 min · History, Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: В начале славных дел

## Synopsis

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 Sergei Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergei Gerasimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gerasimov)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergei Gerasimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-gerasimov), [Yuri Kavtaradze](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-kavtaradze)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimir Martynov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-martynov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Filippov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-filippov-2)

## Cast

- [Alexander Belyavsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-belyavsky) as Lev Naryshkin
- [Marina Golub](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-golub)
- [Peter Reusse](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-reusse) as François Le Fort
- [Oleg Strizhenov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-strizhenov) as Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn
- [Boris Khmelnitsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-khmelnitsky) as Kuzma Chyormny
- [Ulrike Mai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrike-mai) as Anna Mons
- [Yuriy Moroz](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-moroz)
- [Nikolay Yeryomenko Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-yeryomenko-jr) as Alexander Menshikov
- [Pyotr Glebov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-glebov)
- [Vladimir Kashpur](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-kashpur)
- [Tamara Makarova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-makarova) as Natalya Naryshkina
- [Ivan Lapikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lapikov)
- [Catherine E. Vasilyeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-e-vasilyeva)
- [Nikolai Grinko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-grinko)
- [Natalya Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-bondarchuk) as Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

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