The Revelation of John the Foreprinter(1992)

movie - first aired/released 1992-04-01 - 147 min - audience 7.0

History, Drama

Directed by Yuri Shvyryov

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.