Peter the Great (1922 film)

{{short description|1922 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Peter the Great

| image = Peter the Great (1922 film).jpg

| caption = American poster

| director = Dimitri Buchowetzki

| producer =

| writer = Ludwig Metzger-Hollands

| starring = {{ubl|Emil Jannings|Bernhard Goetzke|Dagny Servaes|Fritz Kortner}}

| music =

| editing =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Curt Courant|Willy Hameister}}

| studio = Europäische Film-Allianz

| distributor = {{ubl|National Film (Germany)|Paramount Pictures (US)}}

| released = {{Film date|1922|11|02|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Peter the Great ({{langx|de|Peter der Große}}) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Emil Jannings, Bernhard Goetzke and Dagny Servaes. It depicts the life of the reformist Russian Tsar Peter the Great. It premiered in Berlin on 2 November 1922. The film's art direction was by Hans Dreier.

Buchowetzki had previously directed Jannings in Danton (1921) and Othello (1922).Petro p. 186 Jannings later played another Russian Tsar, Paul I, in The Patriot (1928).