Николай Симонов

Tsar Pyotr I

Михаил Жаров

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Николай Черкасов

Prince Alexei

Михаил Тарханов

Field Marshal Sheremetyev

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Yaguzhinsky, an officer / Fedka, a debtor

Алла Тарасова

Catherine, a peasant girl

Konstantin Gibshman

Buinosov, the boyar

Nikolai Orlov

Yemov

Fyodor Bogdanov

Foundry Owner

Владимир Гарин

Petr Kuznetsov

Vlazemsky

Александр Лариков

Old Soldier

Nina Latonina

Olga Buinosova

Nikolai Litvinov

Shafirov

Vladimir Romashkov

Steward Lavrenty Lykov (uncredited)

Vladimir Petrov