A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2003)
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.
- Released
- 2003-11-14
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yurii Illienko, Yurii Illienko
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Bohdan Stupka as Hetman Mazepa
- Lyudmila Efimenko 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