A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
I, Hetman Ivan Mazepa have declared this beautiful country an independent state... and for this I've received an eternal curse, an anathema, from the one who raped my land the worst of all — from Moscow Tsar Peter I.
2003 · 2h 34m · N/A
Drama, History
Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Overview
During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.
Director and cast
- Yurii Illienko Director
- Bohdan Stupka as Hetman Mazepa
- Lyudmila Efimenko as Liubov Kochubei
- Nikita Dzhigurda as King Charles XII
- Вячеслав Довженко as Tsar Peter I
- Viacheslav Dovzhenko as Tsar Peter I
- Viktor Demertash as Judge General Kochubei
- Serhii Romaniuk as Cossack Leleka
- Pylyp Illienko as Young Mazepa
- Les Serdyuk as Hetman Samoilovych
- Ostap Stupka as Chancellor Orlyk
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