
Mirror(1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.


The figure of Emperor Peter the Great, as well as the era of his formation and reign, still excites the minds of people all over the world. The creators answer the questions of how to take the throne when you are the fourteenth child in the family; how to win access to the sea when there is no professional army and navy in the country; how to bring a country that no one considered before into world leaders in a few decades, and many others.

Konstantin Khabenskiy
Narrator (voice)

Ivan Kolesnikov
Peter I

Aleksey Lukin
Young Peter I

Daniil Muravev-Izotov
Peter I (aged 10)

Maksim Ivanov-Marenin
Young Alexander Menshikov

Igor Gordin
Alexander Menshikov

Wolfgang Cerny
François Le Fort

Ksenia Utekhina
Catherine I

Anastasiya Mishina
Sophia Alekseyevna

Yuliya Bocharova
Natalya Naryshkina
Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor is a history, drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of emperor, russian history, russian empire, peter the great. Directed by Andrey Kravchuk, it stars Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Kolesnikov, Aleksey Lukin. The figure of Emperor Peter the Great, as well as the era of his formation and reign, still excites the minds of people all over the world. The creators answer the questions of how to take the throne when you are the fourteenth child in the family; how to win access to the sea when there is no professional army and navy in the country; how to bring a country that no one considered before into world leaders in a few decades, and many others.
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