---
title: 'The Youth of Peter the Great (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergei Gerasimov'
released: '1980-10-29'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-youth-of-peter-the-great-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171932/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Youth of Peter the Great (1980)

1980 · 140 min · Drama, History · German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union

Original title: Юность Петра

## Synopsis

The Youth of Peter the Great is a 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 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)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimir Martynov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-martynov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Filippov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-filippov-2)

## Cast

- [Ulrike Mai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrike-mai) as Anna Mons
- [Tamara Makarova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-makarova) as Natalya Naryshkina
- [Pyotr Glebov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-glebov)
- [Dmitry Zolotukhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-zolotukhin) as Peter the Great
- [Oleg Strizhenov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-strizhenov) as Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn
- [Mikhail Nozhkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-nozhkin) as Boris Golitsyn
- [Marina Golub](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-golub)
- [Natalya Bondarchuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-bondarchuk) as Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
- [Yuriy Moroz](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-moroz)
- [Vladimir Kashpur](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-kashpur)
- [Peter Reusse](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-reusse) as François Le Fort
- [Nikolai Grinko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-grinko)
- [Vadim Spiridonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-spiridonov) as Fyodor Shaklovity
- [Ivan Lapikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lapikov)
- [Boris Khmelnitsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-khmelnitsky) as Kuzma Chyormny

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