Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First's conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey's plot to overthrow him.
Николай Симонов
as Tsar Pyotr I
Алла Тарасова
as Tsarina Catherine I
Николай Черкасов
as Prince Alexei
Ирина Зарубина
as Efrosinya, mistress of Alexei
Михаил Жаров
as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
Михаил Тарханов
as Field Marshal Sherementyev
Владимир Гардин
as Prince Peter Tolstoy
Viktor Dobrovolsky
as Fedka, cossack leader / Gen. Yaguzhinsky
Ye. Karrik
as Karl XII, King of Sweden
A. Vatulya
as Hetman Mazeppa
Владимир Ершов
as Foreign ambassador
Fyodor Bogdanov
as Brovkin, mine owner
