PETER THE GREAT: TESTAMENT
Genre
Historical drama
Number of episodes
4/6
Length
52-57/44
Director
Vladimir Bortko
Cast
A. Baluyev, I. Rozanova, S. Makovetskiy, S. Shakurov, A. Philippenko, E. Boyarskaya, M. Boyarsky, A. Kovaltchuk
Based on Granins historical novel Evenings with Peter the Great. At the end of his life, Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, falls for Princess Maria Cantemir, a young, prominent, well-educated woman. Becoming his royal mistress and pregnant, she is poised to become the next Empress. But thwarted by court intrigue and ultimately, the demise of Peter himself, she never reaches the target.