The Revelation of John the Foreprinter

Name: The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
Director: Yuri Shvyryov
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1992-04-01
Duration: 2 h 27 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Fyodor Sukhov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Valeri Poroshin, Valeriy Smetskoy, Alexander Trofimov

Directed by Yuri Shvyryov

History

Drama

19922h 27m7.0

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.