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8 Episodes 1986 - 1986
Episode 1
60 mins
The intrigues of tsarist Russia are dramatized in this biography of Peter I (1672-1725). In Part 1, the power of the strong-willed young monarch (Jan Niklas) is checked under the regency of his ambitious half-sister Sophia (Vanessa Redgrave).
Episode 2
60 mins
Part 2. At Moscow's foreign colony, the insatiably curious monarch (Jan Niklas) becomes fascinated with Western ways---and with a Dutch innkeeper's daughter (Renee Soutendijk). Alexander: Helmut Griem. Natalya: Lilli Palmer. Eudoxia: Natalya Andreichenko.
Episode 3
60 mins
In Part 3, Peter (Jan Niklas) faces conspirators at home and the Turks in battle: an assault in 1696 on the strategic Black Sea port of Azov. Sophia: Vanessa Redgrave. Alexander: Helmut Griem. Eudoxia: Natalya Andreichenko. Natalya: Lilli Palmer.
Episode 4
60 mins
In Part 4, Peter (Jan Niklas) is attracted to a Lithuanian peasant girl (Hanna Schygulla), and exiles his half-sister Sophia (Vanessa Redgrave). Alexander: Helmut Griem. Eudoxia: Natalya Andreichenko. Romodanovsky: Omar Sharif. Gordon: Jeremy Kemp. Alexis: Tolly Thwaites.
Episode 5
60 mins
Part 5. In 1697, Peter (Maximilian Schell) becomes the first tsar ever to leave Russia, as he embarks on a "great embassy" to Europe to secure weapons and allies. While there, he also seeks a wife for Alexis (Boris Plotnikov). Catherine: Hanna Schygulla. Alexander: Helmut Griem. Sir Isaac Newton: Trevor Howard. King William of Orange: Laurence Olivier.
Episode 6
60 mins
In Part 6, Peter (Maximilian Schell) remains in Amsterdam to study shipbuilding---while Sophia (Vanessa Redgrave) plots to seize the Kremlin and turn Alexis (Boris Plotnikov) against his father. Catherine: Hanna Schygulla. Alexander: Helmut Griem. King Charles XII: Christoph Eichhorn.
Episode 7
60 mins
Part 7. Alexis is married to Louise (Ulli Philipp); Eudoxia (Natalya Andreichenko) is banished to a convent; Russia goes to war with Sweden over the Baltic ports. Peter: Maximilian Schell. Alexis: Boris Plotnikov. Catherine: Hanna Schygulla. Afrosina: Luba Ghermanova. Shafirov: Mike Gwilym. King Charles XII: Christoph Eichhorn.
Episode 8
60 mins
Conclusion. Russia destroys the Swedish army; Alexis (Boris Plotnikov), in hopes of returning power to the church, flees to Vienna to make an alliance with Peter's enemies. Peter: Maximilian Schell. Catherine: Hanna Schygulla. Afrosina: Luba Ghermanova. Prince Sukhorukov: Vsevolod Larionov. Alexander: Helmut Griem.