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The Revelation of John the Foreprinter

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.

Top Cast

  • Fyodor Sukhov

    Fyodor Sukhov

    Ivan Fyodorov

  • Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

    Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

    Ivan the Terrible

  • Valeri Poroshin

    Valeri Poroshin

    Metropolitan Makariy

  • Valeriy Smetskoy

    Valeriy Smetskoy

    Fyodor Basmanov

  • Alexander Trofimov

    Alexander Trofimov

    Father Silvester

  • Nikita Dzhigurda

    Nikita Dzhigurda

    Andrei Kurbsky

  • Oleg Demidov

    Oleg Demidov

    Mikhailo Kashin

  • Rim Ayupov

    Rim Ayupov

    Maksim Grek

  • Vladimir Ivashov

    Vladimir Ivashov

    Aleksei Adashev

Overview

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.

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