History ·Drama · Russia · 1992 · 2h 27m

The Revelation of John the Foreprinter

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Director
Yuri Shvyryov
Cast
Fyodor Sukhov as Ivan Fyodorov Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Ivan the Terrible Valeri Poroshin as Metropolitan Makariy Valeriy Smetskoy as Fyodor Basmanov Alexander Trofimov as Father Silvester Nikita Dzhigurda as Andrei Kurbsky
Crew
Alfred Talantsev — Production Design
Synopsis

Historical drama about the engineer of the first printing press built in Muscovite Rus' and his complicated relationship with the state under the rule of tsar Ivan IV ("the Terrible"). Released for theaters as a 2-part 147 minute movie and for TV as a 5-part 5-hour miniseries.

Key Collaborators
Yuri Shvyryov Director Alfred Talantsev Production Design
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