At the Beginning of Glorious Days
{{Infobox film
|name=At the Beginning of Glorious Days
|image= File:At the Beginning of Glorious Days.jpeg
|alt=
|caption=
|director=Sergey Gerasimov
|producer=
|screenplay=Sergey Gerasimov
Yuri Kavtaradze
|starring=Dmitri Zolotukhin
Tamara Makarova
Natalya Bondarchuk
Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.
Mikhail Nozhkin
Boris Khmelnitsky
Lyubov Germanova
Ivan Lapikov
Lyubov Polekhina
Marina Levtova
|music=Vladimir Martynov
|cinematography=Sergey Filippov, Horst Hardt
|editing=
|studio=Gorky Film Studio
|distributor=Russian Cinema Council
|released={{Film date|1980|||USSR}}
|runtime=134 minutes
|country=Soviet Union
|language=Russian
|budget=}}
At the Beginning of Glorious Days ({{langx|ru|В начале славных дел|V nachale slavnykh del}}) 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.{{IMDb title|0171874}} The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.{{Cite web |url=http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=2&e_movie_id=720 |title=Энциклопедия отечественного кино |access-date=2017-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714174835/http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=2&e_movie_id=720 |archive-date=2017-07-14 |url-status=dead }}
Synopsis
In late 17th-century Russia, Czar Peter the Great orders an attack on Turkey, which refuses to pay taxes to the Russian government. The Russian military is equipped with outdated technology, and they suffer their first defeat. After the defeat the czar orders the building of a fleet, and sends many educated men to study in Germany, France, and Holland. Russian victory over Turkey will not only force the Turks to pay taxes, but also make the Sea of Azov accessible to the Russians.
Cast
- Dmitri Zolotukhin — Peter the Great
- Tamara Makarova — Natalya Naryshkina
- Aleksandr Belyavskiy — Lev Naryshkin, Peter's uncle
- Natalya Bondarchuk — Czarevna Sophia
- Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. — Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
- Mikhail Nozhkin — Knyaz Boris Alexeyevich Galitzine
- Boris Khmelnitsky — Kuzma Chermnyi
- Lyubov Germanova — Eudoxia Lopukhina
- Ivan Lapikov — Zhemov
- Lyubov Polekhina — Sanka Brovkina
- Marina Levtova — Olga Bulnosova
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva — Antonida Bulnosova
- Pyotr Glebov — Gypsy
- Marina Golub — Verka
- Muza Krepkogorskaya — Sparrow caregiver
- Yury Moroz — Alyosha Brovkin
- Peter Reusse — Franz Lefort
- Eduard Bocharov — Merchant Ivan Brovkin
- Anatoli Barantsev — Nikita Zotov
- Roman Filippov — Fyodor Romodanovsky
- Vladimir Kashpur — Ovdokim
- Nikolai Grinko — Starets Nektari
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0171874}}
- [https://archive.today/20120914055804/http://www.ruscico.com/catalog/cataloguedvd/catalogue_410.html?lang=1 At the beginning of glorious days] Russian Cinema Council catalogue
{{Sergei Gerasimov}}
Category:1980s historical drama films
Category:1980s Russian-language films
Category:Soviet historical drama films
Category:Russian historical drama films
Category:Films directed by Sergei Gerasimov
Category:Gorky Film Studio films
Category:Films about the Russian Empire
Category:Films set in the 17th century
Category:Cultural depictions of Peter the Great
Category:Russian-language historical drama films
Category:Films based on historical novels
Category:Films based on Russian novels
Category:Films based on works by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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