Zar und Zimmermann

About the show

In 1698 Saardam, Peter the Great works incognito in a shipyard and befriends Russian deserter Peter Ivanov, who loves Marie. The burgomaster and foreign ambassadors search for a man named Peter but mistake Ivanov for the tsar. The real Peter secures an alliance, lets Ivanov leave with his passport, blesses his marriage to Marie, and returns to Russia.