The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)

  • NR
  • 02/27/1984 (SU)
  • History, Drama
  • 2h 15m

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.

Yurii Illienko

Writer, Director

Cast

Liudmyla Yefymenko's headshot

Liudmyla Yefymenko

Princess Olha
Les Serdyuk's headshot

Les Serdyuk

Prince Svyatoslav
Ivan Mykolaichuk's headshot

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Volodymyr I Svyatoslavych
Ivan Ivanov's headshot

Ivan Ivanov

Volodymyr young
Kostiantyn Stepankov's headshot

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Voivode Sveneld
Ivan Havryliuk's headshot

Ivan Havryliuk

Rus
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy's headshot

Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy

Greek Arefa, a monk
Nikolay Olyalin's headshot

Nikolay Olyalin

Oleh the Wise, Prince of Kyiv

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