The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1984-02-27
Runtime: 135 minutes
Director: Yurii Illienko
Top 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
- Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy 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
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