Steward Lavrenty Lykov (uncredited)
This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.
Old rafter (uncredited)
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Soviet film based on Dostoevsky's autobiographical novel of his prison experiences in Tsarist days.
Zotov, master
Railway watchman, grandfather Chizhok
Porter (uncredited)
An adaptation of Olga Frosh's novel about the life of Mihail Beideman.
Director
Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin becomes distracted by a captured foreign princess and starts to dote on her, his men are displeased, feeling that he is neglecting them and their usual activities. Soon they come up with a plot, in the hopes of turning Razin against the princess.
