Andrei Rublev (1969)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky.
Starring: Anatoli Solonitsyn (Andrei Rublyov), Ivan Lapikov (Kirill), Nikolai Grinko (Danil Chorny), Nikolai Sergeyev (Theophanes the Greek), Irma Raush (Idiot girl, Durochka), Nikolai Burlyayev (Boriska), Yuri Nazarov (The Grand Prince/The Lesser Prince), Yuri Nikulin (Monk Patrikey), Rolan Bykov (The jester), Nikolai Grabbe (Stepan), Mikhail Kononov (Foma), Stepan Krylov (Head Bell-founder), Irina Miroshnichenko (Mary Magdalene), Bolot Bejshenaliyev (Tatar Khan).
15th century Russian icon painter (1360?-1430?)
Historical Background:
1360 -- brith of Andrei Rublev, considered to be the greatest Russian iconographer.
1405 -- Rublev decorated icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin.
1408 -- he painted (together with Daniil Cherni) the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir.
c. 1410 -- he painted the icon of the Old Testament Trinity at Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. (It is also known as the Hospitality of Abraham.) It is the only work authenticated as entirely his own.
1425-1427 -- he painted the Cathedral of St. Trinity in the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.
1430 --after Daniil’s death, Andrei painted his last work, frescoes of the Savior Cathedral in Moscow's Andronikov Monastery.
1430 (January 29) -- Rublev died at Andronikov Monastery.
1551 -- at Stoglavi Sobor, Rublev’s iconography was announced as the ideal model for church paintings.
1959 -- opening of the Andrei Rublev museum in Andronnikov Monastery.
1988 -- Rublev was canonized.
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