A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
movie
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.
Released November 14, 2003
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.
Cast
Bohdan Stupka
as
Hetman Mazepa
Liudmyla Yefymenko
as
Liubov Kochubei
Nikita Dzhigurda
as
King Charles XII
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
Mikhail Golubovich
as
Zaporozhian Leader Sirko
Oleh Drach
as
Prince Vasili Golitsyn
Rayisa Nedashkivska
as
Gypsy Sorceress
Crew
Yurii Illienko
as
Director of Photography
Yurii Illienko
as
Screenplay
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Volodymyr Kniazev
as
Executive Producer
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Igor Didkovsky
as
Producer
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Volodymyr Furyk
as
Costume Design
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Valentyna Fontalina
as
Sound Editor
Serhii Yakutovych
as
Production Design
Yurii Illienko
as
Director
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Virko Balei
as
Music
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Eleonora Summovska
as
Editor
Heorhii Fomin
as
Assistant Director