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.

• Yuri ShvyryovDirector

• Fyodor SukhovIvan Fyodorov
• Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyIvan the Terrible
• Valeri PoroshinMetropolitan Makariy
• Valeriy SmetskoyFyodor Basmanov
• Alexander TrofimovFather Silvester
• Nikita DzhigurdaAndrei Kurbsky
• Oleg DemidovMikhailo Kashin
• Rim AyupovMaksim Grek
• Vladimir IvashovAleksei Adashev
• Irina CherichenkoTaisia
• Anatoliy BobrovskiyEpiscop Ignatiy