The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1966
Andrei Rublev
Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter …
The story
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
Cast
Anatoliy SolonitsynAndrei Rublev
Ivan LapikovKirill
Mykola HrynkoDaniil Chornyy
Nikolai SergeyevTheophanus the Greek
Irma RaushGod's Fool
Nikolay BurlyaevBoriska
Yuriy NazarovGrand Duke / Minor Duke
Yuriy NikulinPatrikey
Rolan BykovBuffoon
Nikolay GrabbeStepan, Centurion of the Grand Duke
Mikhail KononovFoma
Stepan KrylovSenior Foundry Worker
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Bolot BeyshenalievTatar Khan
B. MatysikPyotr
Anatoliy ObukhovAleksey
Volodya TitovSergey
Nikolay GlazkovYefim
K. Aleksandrov
Semyon BardinHut Owner
Ivan Bykov
G. Borisovskiy
Vladimir VasilyevMonk
Zinaida VorkulMariya
Aleksandr TitovStepan, Foundryman
Viktor VolkovCarver
Irina MiroshnichenkoMariya Magdalina
Tamara OgorodnikovaJesus' Mother
Natalya RadolitskayaGirl Bathing
Nikolay KutuzovSenior Hegumen
Dmitriy OrlovskiyOld Master
Vladimir Guskov
Igor DonskoyJesus
Iskender Ryskulov
P. Makarov
Georgiy SochevkoGrand Prince's Warrior
Nelli SneginaMarfa
G. Pokorskiy
Asanbek UmuralievTatarin
Vyacheslav TsaryovAndreyka
Ivan TurchenkovMan in the Hut (uncredited
Anatoliy NikitinMonk (uncredited)
P. YermakovGrand Prince's Warrior (uncredited)
Aleksandr PetrovFoundry Worker (uncredited)
Nikolay Sibeikin(uncredited)
Vasiliy TsygankovPeasant (uncredited)
Larisa Solonitsyna(uncredited)
Anatoli YabbarovMonk (uncredited)
Klara RumyanovaDuke's children (voice)
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