Information
Release DateNovember 14, 2003
Runtime2h 34m
StatusReleased
Budget$2M
ProductionDovzhenko Film Studios
LanguagesRussian, Ukrainian
5.3
10 votesPopularity0
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
"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."
Synopsis
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 & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Bohdan Stupka
Hetman Mazepa
Lyudmila Efimenko
Liubov Kochubei
Nikita Dzhigurda
King Charles XII
Viacheslav Dovzhenko
Tsar Peter I
Viktor Demertash
Judge General Kochubei
