A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2003-11-14
Runtime: 154 mins
Director: Yurii Illienko
Spoken language: Pусский, Український
Genres: History, Drama
Original title: A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
Production Companies: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production Countries: Ukraine
Cast
Bohdan Stupka
Liudmyla Yefymenko
Nikita Dzhigurda
Viacheslav Dovzhenko
Viktor Demertash
Serhii Romaniuk
Pylyp Illienko
Les Serdyuk
Ostap Stupka
Mikhail Golubovich
Oleh Drach
Rayisa Nedashkivska
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Yurii Illienko
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