Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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Music copyright muting means that a tiny amount of script is lost. This is a little unfortunate in view of the film's title. At 1:57 Peter: 'And Peter is in Paradise!' Kikin: 'Paradise? Right.....' At 57:09 Peter:' But look what I did - I built paradise!' If subtitles are turned on the missing script has been added.
This is a visually-stylised drama about Peter the Great's foundation of St Petersburg.,
Peter the Great - Rory McCann
Alexander Menshikov - Crispin Bonham-Carter
Domenico Trezzini - Ronan Vibert
Catherine - Sally Hurst
Fyodor Kikin - Lalor Roddy
Crown Prince Alexei - Matt Canavan
Tsarista - Emma Buckley
Fyodor Romodanovsky - Christopher Fulford
Maria Menshikov - Nathalie Press
Yakim Volkov - Jon Key
ancient boyar - Martin Friend
Peter the Second - Brock Everitt-Elwick
Director and producer - Mary Mcmurray
Written by Gwyneth Hughes