A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2003)
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 · History, Drama
Genres: History, Drama
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.
Director: Yurii Illienko
Writers: Yurii Illienko
Music by: Virko Balei
Cinematography: Yurii Illienko
Editor: Eleonora Summovska
Budget: $2M
Cast
Bohdan Stupka as Hetman MazepaLyudmila Efimenko as Liubov KochubeiNikita Dzhigurda as King Charles XIIViacheslav Dovzhenko as Tsar Peter IViktor Demertash as Judge General KochubeiSerhii Romaniuk as Cossack LelekaPylyp Illienko as Young MazepaLes Serdyuk as Hetman SamoilovychOstap Stupka as Chancellor OrlykMikhail Golubovich as Zaporozhian Leader SirkoOleh Drach as Prince Vasili GolitsynRayisa Nedashkivska as Gypsy SorceressMore like this
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