Depicts Russian Tsar Peter the First's conquest over the Swedes and his son Aleksey's plot to overthrow him.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Nikolai SimonovTsar Pyotr I | Tsar Pyotr I |
 Alla TarasovaTsarina Catherine I | Tsarina Catherine I |
 Nikolai CherkasovPrince Alexei | Prince Alexei |
 Irina ZarubinaEfrosinya, mistress of Alexei | Efrosinya, mistress of Alexei |
 Mikhail ZharovAlexander Danilovich Menshikov | Alexander Danilovich Menshikov |
 Mikhail TarkhanovField Marshal Sherementyev | Field Marshal Sherementyev |
 Vladimir GardinPrince Peter Tolstoy | Prince Peter Tolstoy |
 Viktor DobrovolskyFedka, cossack leader / Gen. Yaguzhinsky | Fedka, cossack leader / Gen. Yaguzhinsky |
| YYe. KarrikKarl XII, King of Sweden | Karl XII, King of Sweden |
| AAleksey VatulyaHetman Mazeppa | Hetman Mazeppa |
 Vladimir YershovForeign ambassador | Foreign ambassador |
 Fyodor BogdanovBrovkin, mine owner | Brovkin, mine owner |
| KKonstantin GibshmanPrince Buinosov | Prince Buinosov |