Я, Франциск Скорина...

November. 30,1970      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.

Oleg Yankovskiy as  Frantsisk (Grigoriy) Skorina
Mykola Hrytsenko as  Reichenberg
Gediminas Karka as  Monakh-iezuist
Gunta Virkava as  Margarita
Jānis Grantiņš as  Yan Glagovskiy
Boris Gitin as  Vatslav
Rostislav Yankovsky as  Ivan Skorina
Yuri Smirnov as  

Reviews

GamerTab
1970/11/30

That was an excellent one.

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Matialth
1970/12/01

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Curapedi
1970/12/02

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Doomtomylo
1970/12/03

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

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