The Legend of Princess Olga
movie
Released February 27, 1984
Overview
The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olha of Kyivan Rus' (Ukraine-Rusʹ) at the start of the 11th century. Inspired by chronicles and folk legends this is a story of a common girl Olha who married Prince Ihor and became his successor on the throne after his murder and one of the most remarkable political leaders in early medieval European history. She converted to Christianity and brought her realm into Europe.
Cast
Liudmyla Yefymenko
as
Princess Olha
Les Serdyuk
as
Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as
Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Ivanov
as
Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn Stepankov
as
Voivode Sveneld
Ivan Havryliuk
as
Rus
Dmytro Myrhorodskyi
as
Greek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay Olyalin
as
Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv
Oleksandr Denysenko
as
Prince Ihor, Olha's husband, Svyatoslav's father
Viktor Demertash
as
Prince Mal of the Drevlians
Pylyp Illienko
as
Prince Svyatoslav young
Yuriy Dubrovin
as
man "Tree-cloud"
Crew
Yurii Illienko
as
Writer
Yurii Illienko
as
Director
Yevhen Stankovych
as
Original Music Composer
Vilen Kalyuta
as
Director of Photography
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Vasiliy Sofronov
as
Production Design
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Irina Boichuk
as
Costume Design
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Alevtina Loseva
as
Makeup Artist
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Viktor Bryunchuhin
as
Sound Director
Vitold Janpavlis
as
Assistant Director
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Oleksandr Shumovych
as
Additional Director of Photography
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Nikolay Vesna
as
Producer