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.

• Mosfilm
• Tvorcheskoe Obedinienie Pisateley i Kinorabotnikov
• Anatoliy Solonitsyn
• Ivan Lapikov
• Nikolay Grinko
• Nikolai Sergeyev
• Irma Raush
• Nikolay Burlyaev
• Yuriy Nazarov
• Yuriy Nikulin