A four-part Emmy Award-winning production telling the story of Russia's greatest Tsar - a man of passion and cruelty dedicated to changing his country in the most turbulent of times. Starring
1: 1682. Following the death of Tsar Fedor HI, power in Russia is delicately balanced. His two sons, Peter and Ivan, are too young to rule and the Kremlin is a place of intrigue, with influence being sought by church and nobility, and with the key being held by the Russian militia - the Streltsy. Saved by a peasant from being murdered through the plotting of his ambitious half-sister Sophia, Peter grows up in dark and violent times to become a young man of restless curiosity who holds an uncompromising vision of Russia's future ... Written by EDWARD ANHALT , based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by ROBERT K. MASSIE
Produced by MARVIN J. CHOMSKY Directed by MARVIN J. CHOMSKY and LAWRENCE SCHILLER
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