'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds 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.
Title | A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa |
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Year | 2002 |
Genre | History, Drama |
Country | Ukraine |
Studio | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
Cast | Bohdan Stupka, Liudmyla Yefymenko, Nikita Dzhigurda, Viacheslav Dovzhenko, Viktor Demertash, Serhii Romaniuk |
Crew | Valentyna Fontalina (Sound Editor), Serhii Yakutovych (Production Design), Igor Didkovsky (Producer), Volodymyr Furyk (Costume Design), Yurii Illienko (Director of Photography), Virko Balei (Music) |
Keyword | cossack, russian invasion of ukraine, ukraine, cossack hetmanate |
Release | Feb 14, 2002 |
Runtime | 154 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 5.10 / 10 by 7 users |